1-3 Unit Test Flashcards
Alight
(V) to get down from
Dynasty
(N) a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time
Germinate
(V) to begin to grow come into being
Humdrum
(ADJ) ordinary dull, routine, without variation
Insinuate
(V) to suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly
Interrogate
(V) to ask questions
Resume
(N) a brief summery about ones past work experiences
Trivial
(Adj) not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace
Truce
(N) a pause in fighting, temporary peace
Vicious
(Adj) evil, bad, spiteful, having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme
Adjacent
(Adj) near, next to
Barren
(Adj) not productive
Disrupt
(v) to break up, disrupt
Foretaste
(N) sample, or warning
Hurtle
(V) to rush violently, dash, headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully
Interminable
(Adj) endless, so long as to seem endless
Recompense
(V) to pay back; to give a reward; (n) a payment for loss, service, or injury
Renovate
(V) to repair, to make new again
Sullen
(Adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor; slow moving, or sluggish
Trickle
(V) to flow or fall by drops or in a small steam; (n) a small, irregular quantity of anything
Cater
(V) to satisfy the needs of, to supply food or service
Entrepreneur
(N) a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business
Hazard
(N) risk, peril;(v) to expose to danger or harm; to gamble
Homicide
(N) the killing of one person by another
Indignant
(Adj) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean
Lubricate
(V) to apply oil or grease;to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use
Mutual
(Adj) shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more
Plague
(N) an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; (V) to annoy or bother
Transparent
(Adj) allowing light to pass through
Unscathed
(Adj) not injured
Available
(Adj) ready for use, at hand
Customary
(Adj) usual, expected, routine
Dissuade
(V) to persuade not to do something
Firebrand
(N) a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person
Hinder
(V) to delay; to stop or prevent from happening
Indifference
(N) a lack of interest or concern
Indispensable
(Adj) absolutely necessary, not to be neglected
Pelt
(V) to throw things, to hurry
Poised
(Adj, pat.) balanced, suspended;calm; ready for action
Regime
(N) a period of rule
Brood
(N) a family of young animals (V) to think over in a worried, unhappy way
Culminate
(V) to end. Climax
Drone
(N) a loafer, a buzzing or humming sound; (V) to make a buzzing or humming sound
Indulge
(V) to give in to a wish or desire
Literate
(ADJ) being able to read or write
Luster
(adj) the quality of giving off light
Oration
(N) a public speach
Peevish
(Adj) cross, complaining, irritable
Singe
(V) to burn slightly; (N) a burn at the ends or edges
Upright
(Adj) vertical
Animated
(Adj) full of life (part) moved to action
Constituent
(N) an essential part; a voter who elects a representative
Downright
(Adv) thoroughly;(adj) absolute
Goad
(V) to drive or urge on; (n) something used to drive or urge on
Hanker
(v) to long (for), to dsire
Loom
(V) to come to view (N) a machine for weaving
Miscellaneous
(Adj) mixed, of different kinds
Seethe
(V) to boil or foam
Unique
(Adj) on of a kind
Verify
(V) confirm