1-3 Unit Test

Question 1

Alight

Answer 1

(V) to get down from

Question 2

Dynasty

Answer 2

(N) a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time

Question 3

Germinate

Answer 3

(V) to begin to grow come into being

Question 4

Humdrum

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(ADJ) ordinary dull, routine, without variation

Question 5

Insinuate

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(V) to suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly

Question 6

Interrogate

Answer 6

(V) to ask questions

Question 7

Resume

Answer 7

(N) a brief summery about ones past work experiences

Question 8

Trivial

Answer 8

(Adj) not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

Question 9

Truce

Answer 9

(N) a pause in fighting, temporary peace

Question 10

Vicious

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(Adj) evil, bad, spiteful, having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme

Question 11

Adjacent

Answer 11

(Adj) near, next to

Question 12

Barren

Answer 12

(Adj) not productive

Question 13

Disrupt

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(v) to break up, disrupt

Question 14

Foretaste

Answer 14

(N) sample, or warning

Question 15

Hurtle

Answer 15

(V) to rush violently, dash, headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

Question 16

Interminable

Answer 16

(Adj) endless, so long as to seem endless

Question 17

Recompense

Answer 17

(V) to pay back; to give a reward; (n) a payment for loss, service, or injury

Question 18

Renovate

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(V) to repair, to make new again

Question 19

Sullen

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(Adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor; slow moving, or sluggish

Question 20

Trickle

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(V) to flow or fall by drops or in a small steam; (n) a small, irregular quantity of anything

Question 21

Cater

Answer 21

(V) to satisfy the needs of, to supply food or service

Question 22

Entrepreneur

Answer 22

(N) a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business

Question 23

Hazard

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(N) risk, peril;(v) to expose to danger or harm; to gamble

Question 24

Homicide

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(N) the killing of one person by another

Question 25

Indignant

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(Adj) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Question 26

Lubricate

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(V) to apply oil or grease;to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use

Question 27

Mutual

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(Adj) shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more

Question 28

Plague

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(N) an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; (V) to annoy or bother

Question 29

Transparent

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(Adj) allowing light to pass through

Question 30

Unscathed

Answer 30

(Adj) not injured

Question 31

Available

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(Adj) ready for use, at hand

Question 32

Customary

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(Adj) usual, expected, routine

Question 33

Dissuade

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(V) to persuade not to do something

Question 34

Firebrand

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(N) a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person

Question 35

Hinder

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(V) to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

Question 36

Indifference

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(N) a lack of interest or concern

Question 37

Indispensable

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(Adj) absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

Question 38

Pelt

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(V) to throw things, to hurry

Question 39

Poised

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(Adj, pat.) balanced, suspended;calm; ready for action

Question 40

Regime

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(N) a period of rule

Question 41

Brood

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(N) a family of young animals (V) to think over in a worried, unhappy way

Question 42

Culminate

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(V) to end. Climax

Question 43

Drone

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(N) a loafer, a buzzing or humming sound; (V) to make a buzzing or humming sound

Question 44

Indulge

Answer 44

(V) to give in to a wish or desire

Question 45

Literate

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(ADJ) being able to read or write

Question 46

Luster

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(adj) the quality of giving off light

Question 47

Oration

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(N) a public speach

Question 48

Peevish

Answer 48

(Adj) cross, complaining, irritable

Question 49

Singe

Answer 49

(V) to burn slightly; (N) a burn at the ends or edges

Question 50

Upright

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(Adj) vertical

Question 51

Animated

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(Adj) full of life (part) moved to action

Question 52

Constituent

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(N) an essential part; a voter who elects a representative

Question 53

Downright

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(Adv) thoroughly;(adj) absolute

Question 54

Goad

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(V) to drive or urge on; (n) something used to drive or urge on

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Hanker

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(v) to long (for), to dsire

Question 56

Loom

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(V) to come to view (N) a machine for weaving

Question 57

Miscellaneous

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(Adj) mixed, of different kinds

Question 58

Seethe

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(V) to boil or foam

Question 59

Unique

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(Adj) on of a kind

Question 60

Verify

Answer 60

(V) confirm