Unit 1 Flashcards
To get down, from step down from; to come down from the air, land
Alight
Near, next to, adjoining
Adjacent
Lighted up
Alight
Not productive, bare
Barren
To break up, disturb
Disrupt
A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains it position or power for some time
Dynasty
An advanced inside action sample or warning
Foretaste
To begin to grow, come into being
Germinate
Ordinary, dull, routine, with out variation
Humdrum
To rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully
Hurtle
To suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly
Insinuate
Endless, so long as to seem endless
Interminable
To ask questions, examine by questioning
Interrogate
To pay back; to give a reward
Recompense
A payment for loss, service, or injury
Recompense
To repair, restore to good condition, make new again
Renovate
A brief summery; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualifications for jobs
Résumé
Silent or broad one because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish
Sullen
To fall or flow by drops or in a small stream
Trickle
A small, irregular quantity of anything
Trickle
Not important, minor; ordinary, common place
Trivial
A pause in fighting temporary peace
Truce
Evil, bad, spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme
Vicious
S for adjacent
Alongside, nearby, neighboring
S for alight
Dismount, descend, land, touch down
S for barren
Unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid
S for disrupt
Upset, displace, disorder
S for dynasty
Ruling house, Regime
S for foretaste
Preview, anticipation
S for germinate
Sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon
S for humdrum
Monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring
S for hurtle
Speed, fly, race, catapult, fling
S for insinuate
Imply, intimate
S for interminable
Never-ending, ceaseless
S for Interrogate
Question, query
S for Recompense
Repay, compensation
S for renovate
Repair, fix up, recondition
S for résumé
Synopsis, job history
S for Sullen
Grumpy, surly, peevish, morose
S for trickle
Dribble drizzle, drip, small amount
S for Trivial
Insignificant, petty, trifling
S for truce
Cease-fire, armistice
S for vicious
Wicked, malicious, savage
A for adjacent
Far away, distant, remote
A for alight
Mount, ascend, board, take off
A for barren
Fertile, productive, fruitful
A for disrupt
Organize, arrange
A for germinate
Wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up
A for humdrum
Lively, exciting, thrilling, exhilarating
A for hurtle
Crawl, creep
A for insinuate
Barge in, broadcast
A for interminable
Brief, short, fleeting
A for Sullen
Cheerful , blithe, sociable, vivacious
A for trickle
Gush, pour, flood, deluge
A for trivial
Important, weighty, moments
A for Truce
War, warfare, fighting
A for vicious
Good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless
