Week 1 Vocab Flashcards
interminable
endless, so long as to seem endless; never-ending
interrogate
to ask questions, examine by questioning; query
recompense
to pay back, to give a reward, a payment for loss, service or injury; repay; compensation
renovate
to repair, restore to good condition, make new again, recondition
resume
a brief summary; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualifications for a job
sullen
silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment slow moving, sluggish, grumpy, surly
trickle
(v) to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream.
(n) a small, irregular quantity of anything
trivial
(adj) not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace
truce
a pause in fighting, temporary peace
vicious
(adj) evil, bad, spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition, painfully sever or extreme, wicked, malicious
adjacent
near, next to adjoining, alongside, nearby
alight
to get down from, step down from, to come down for the air, land, lighted up, dismount, land, touch down
barren
not productive, bare; desolate, arid, sterile
disrupt
to break up, disturb; upset, displace, disorder
dynasty
a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time, ruling house, regime
fortaste
an advance indication, sample or warning; preview, anticipation
humdrum
ordinary, dull, routine, without variation, monotonous, boring
germinate
to begin to grow, come into being, sprout, shoot up, burgeon
hurtle
to rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully; speed, fly, catapult, fling
insinuate
to suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly, imply
