Could not find method compile() for arguments Gradle

Looked around for this solution for much too long now, and I'm not sure if I missed it or just misstyped something, but my Gradle script will not compile. I am migrating to Gradle, and am very new with it. I am very used to using Maven for dependency management, but Gradle seems best me for now. From running this snippet of code: ``` dependencies { compile group: 'org.bukkit', name: 'bukkit', version: '1.7.9-R0.1-SNAPSHOT' compile('io.ibj:MattLib:1.1-SNAPSHOT') { exclude group: 'de.bananaco' exclude 'net.milkbowl:vault:1.2.27' } compile group: 'net.citizensnpcs', name: 'citizens', version: '2.0.12' compile group: 'com.sk89q', name: 'worldedit', version: '5.6.1' compile group: 'com.sk89q', name: 'worldguard', version: '5.9' compile group: 'net.milkbowl', name: 'vault', version: '1.2.12' compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', includes: ['*.jar']) } ``` NOTE: I do have the java, maven, nexus, shadow, and rebel plugins applied. When I run my Gradle task, I encounter this error: ``` Could not find method compile() for arguments [[io.ibj:MattLib:1.1-SNAPSHOT], build_1b5iofu9r9krp7o8mme0dqo9l$_run_closure2_closure8@66fb45e5] on root project 'project' ``` If I remove the `MattLib` dependency from my project and reinsert it as ``` compile 'io.ibj:MattLib:1.1-SNAPSHOT' ``` The script completes, but I have dependency issues. I read up here: ``` dependencies { compile("org.gradle.test.excludes:api:1.0") { exclude module: 'shared' } } ``` (From Chapter 50 From the Gradle Manual) that what I have SHOULD work, but I am confused why it doesn't. `gradle --version` output: ``` Groovy: 1.8.6 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.3 compiled on December 23 2013 Ivy: 2.2.0 JVM: 1.8.0_05 (Oracle Corporation 25.5-b02) OS: Windows 7 6.1 amd64 ```