Unit 1 Flashcards

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Verb
Get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land;

Adjective
Lighted up

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Alight

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Adjective

Near, next to, adjoining

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Adjacent

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Adjective

not productive, bare

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Barren

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Verb

to break up, disturb

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Disrupt

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Noun

A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position of power for some time

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Dynasty

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Noun

advance indication, sample, or warning

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Foretaste

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Verb

To begin to grow, come into being

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Germinate

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Adjective

ordinary, dull, Routine, without variation

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Humdrum

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Verb

To rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

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Hurtle

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Verb

To suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly

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Insinuate

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Adj

Endless, so long as to seem endless

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Interminable

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Verb

To ask questions, examine by questioning

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Interrogate

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Verb
to pay back; to give a reward;

Noun
a payment for loss, service, or injury

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Recompense

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Verb

to repair, restore to good condition, make new again

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Renovate

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Noun

A brief summary; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualifications for a job

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Résumé

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Adjective

silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow-moving, sluggish

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Sullen

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Verb
To flow or fall by drops or in a small stream

Noun
A small irregular quantity of anything

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Trickle

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Adjective

Not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

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Trivial

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Noun

Pause in fighting, temporary peace

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Truce

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Adjective 
evil, bad; 
spiteful; 
having bad habits or ugly disposition; 
painfully severe or extreme
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Vicious