Sadlier Vocabulary: Unit 1, List 1

a situation or event that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits

• churlish

• bonanza

• collaborate

• excerpt

unfriendly, rude, difficult to work with

• jostle

• laggard

• churlish

• grope

to produce or make something together

• revert

• vigil

• collaborate

• plaudits

a passage or quotation taken from a piece of text

• bonanza

• collaborate

• vigil

• excerpt

feel about or search blindly or uncertainly

• grope

• laggard

• vigil

• revert

to force one's way often by pushing or shoving

• plaudits

• jostle

• bonanza

• collaborate

a person who moves slowly or falls behind

• plaudits

• vigil

• churlish

• laggard

applause, enthusiastic praise or approval

• plaudits

• grope

• vigil

• churlish

to return, go back

• excerpt

• revert

• churlish

• collaborate

a length of time with watchful attention

• grope

• laggard

• vigil

• plaudits