Unit 1, Sets A and B

Question 1

Alight

Answer 1

To get down from, to come down from the air, land, lighted up

Question 2

Dynasty

Answer 2

a powerful group of rulers that maintains its position of power for some time

Question 3

Germinate

Answer 3

to begin to grow, come into being

Question 4

Humdrum

Answer 4

ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

Question 5

Insinuate

Answer 5

to suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly

Question 6

Interrogate

Answer 6

to ask questions, examine by questioning

Question 7

Resume

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Trivial

Answer 8

not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

Question 9

Truce

Answer 9

a pause in fighting, temporary peace

Question 10

Vicious

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Adjacent

Answer 11

near, next to, adjoining

Question 12

Barren

Answer 12

not productive, bare

Question 13

Disrupt

Answer 13

to break up, disturb

Question 14

Foretaste

Answer 14

an advance indication, sample, or warning

Question 15

Hurtle

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Interminable

Answer 16

endless, so long as to seem endless

Question 17

Recompense

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Renovate

Answer 18

to repair, restore, to good condition, to make new again

Question 19

Sullen

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Trickle

Answer 20

to flow or fall by drops or a small stream in small irregular quantity of anything