Unit 1 Flashcards

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Alight

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To get down from, step down from. To come down from the air, land. Lighted up

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Adjacent

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Near, next to, adjoining

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Barren

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Not productive, bare

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Disrupt

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To break up, disturb

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Dynasty

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

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Foretaste

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An advance indication, sample, or warning

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Germinte

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To begin to grow, come into being

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Humdrum

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Ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

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Hurtle

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

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Insinuate

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To suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly

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Interminable

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Endless, so long as to seem endless

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Interrogate

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To ask questions, examine by questioning

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Recompense

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To pay back, to give a reward, a payment for loss, service, or injury

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Renovate

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To repair, restore to good condition, make new again

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Resume

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

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Sullen

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Silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment. Slow mowing, sluggish

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Trickle

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To flow or fall by drops or in a small stream. A small, irregular quantity of anything.

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Trivial

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Not important, minor. Ordinary, commonplace

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Truce

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A pause in fighting, temporary peace

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Vicious

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Evil, bad. Spiteful. Having bad ha its or an ugly disposition,. Painfully severe or extreme