Vocabulary #1

Question 1

(v.) to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land

Answer 1

alight

Question 2

(n.) an advance indication, sample, or warning

Answer 2

foretaste

Question 3

(adj.) ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

Answer 3

humdrum

Question 4

(v.) to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

Answer 4

insinuate

Question 5

(adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

Answer 5

interminable

Question 6

(v.) to ask questions, examine by questioning

Answer 6

interrogate

Question 7

(v.) to pay back, give a reward; (n.) a payment for loss, service, or injury

Answer 7

recompense

Question 8

(v.) to repair, restore to good condition, make new again

Answer 8

renovate

Question 9

(adj.) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish sullen

Answer 9

sullen

Question 10

(adj.) not important, minor; ordinary commonplace trivial

Answer 10

trivial