Unit 1 B

Question 1

adjacent

Answer 1

near, next to, adjoining

Question 2

alighgt

Answer 2

to get down from, step down from, to come down from the air, land

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 advance indication, sample, or warning

Question 7

germinate

Answer 7

to begin to grow, come into being

Question 8

hurtle

Answer 8

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

Question 9

insinuate

Answer 9

to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

Question 10

interminable

Answer 10

endless, so long as to seem endless

Question 11

humdrum

Answer 11

ordinary, dull, routine, without varation

Question 12

interrogate

Answer 12

to ask questions, examine by questioning

Question 13

recompense

Answer 13

to pay back; to give a rewrad; a payment for loss

Question 14

renovate

Answer 14

to restore to good contiton, make new age

Question 15

resume

Answer 15

a brief summary; a short written account of ones education, working experience, or qualifications for stuff.

Question 16

sullen

Answer 16

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

Question 17

trickle

Answer 17

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

Question 18

trivial

Answer 18

not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

Question 19

truce

Answer 19

a pause in fighting, temporary peace

Question 20

vicious

Answer 20

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