Vocabulary 1

Question 1

Alight

Answer 1

VERB

To get down from, step down from; to come down from the air

Question 2

Barren

Answer 2

ADJECTIVE

Not productive, bare

Question 3

Disrupt

Answer 3

VERB

To break up, disturb

Question 4

Dynasty

Answer 4

NOUN

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

Question 5

Foretaste

Answer 5

NOUN

An advance indication, sample, or warning

Question 6

Germinate

Answer 6

VERB

To begin to grow, come into being

Question 7

Humdrum

Answer 7

ADJECTIVE

Ordinary, dull, routine

Question 8

Hurtle

Answer 8

VERB

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

Question 9

Insinuate

Answer 9

VERB

To suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

Question 10

Interrogate

Answer 10

VERB

To ask questions, examine by questioning

Question 11

Recompense

Answer 11

as a VERB
To pay back; to give a reward.

as a NOUN
A payment for loss, service or injury

Question 12

Renovate

Answer 12

VERB

To repair, restore to good condition, make new again

Question 13

Resume

Answer 13

NOUN

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

Question 14

Sullen

Answer 14

ADJECTIVE

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

Question 15

Trickle

Answer 15

VERB

To flow or fall by drops or in a small stream

Question 16

Trivial

Answer 16

ADJECTIVE

Not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

Question 17

Truce

Answer 17

NOUN

Pause in fighting, temporary peace

Question 18

Vicious

Answer 18

ADJECTIVE

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

Question 19

Adjacent

Answer 19

ADJECTIVE

Near, next to, adjoining

Question 20

Interminable

Answer 20

ADJECTIVE

Endless, so long as to seem endless