Vocabulary unit 1

Question 1

adjacent

Answer 1

(adj) Near, next to, adjoining

Question 2

alight

Answer 2

(v) To get down from, step down from, to come down from the air, land.
(Adj) Lighted up

Question 3

barren

Answer 3

Not productive, bare

Question 4

Disrupt

Answer 4

To break up, disturb

Question 5

Dynasty

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Foretaste

Answer 6

An advanced indication, sample, warning

Question 7

germinate

Answer 7

to begin to grow, come into being

Question 8

humdrum

Answer 8

ordinary, dull, boring, routine, without variation

Question 9

hurtle

Answer 9

to rush violently, sah headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

Question 10

insinuate

Answer 10

to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

Question 11

interminable

Answer 11

endless;so long as to seem endless

Question 12

interrogate

Answer 12

to ask questions, examine by questioning

Question 12

resume

Answer 12

a brief summary; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualification

Question 12

Renovate

Answer 12

to repair, restore to good condition, make new again

Question 13

recompense

Answer 13

to pay back;to give a reward.
Payment for loss, servie, or injury

Question 14

sullen

Answer 14

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

Question 14

trickle

Answer 14

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

Question 14

trivial

Answer 14

not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

Question 15

truce

Answer 15

a pause in fighting, temporary peace

Question 16

Vicious

Answer 16

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