Vocab Test- Thursday 9/4/14

Question 1

adjacent

Answer 1

next to or adjoining

Question 2

alight

Answer 2

To get down from, step down from

Question 3

barren

Answer 3

not producing, bare

Question 4

disrupt

Answer 4

break up, disturb

Question 5

dynasty

Answer 5

powerful family or group that maintain power for a long time

Question 6

foretaste

Answer 6

an advance indication, sample of what is to come

Question 7

germinate

Answer 7

to begin to grow

Question 8

humdrum

Answer 8

ordinary, dull, routine, boring

Question 9

hurtle

Answer 9

to rush violently, dash headlong, fling or throw forecfully

Question 10

insinuate

Answer 10

to suggest or hint slightly

Question 11

interminable

Answer 11

so long it seems endless

Question 12

interrogate

Answer 12

to ask questions, examine by questioning

Question 13

recompense

Answer 13

to pay back, to give a reward

Question 14

renovate

Answer 14

to repair, or restore

Question 15

résumé

Answer 15

a brief summary of ones education

Question 16

sullen

Answer 16

silent or brooding due to ones ill humor

Question 17

trickle

Answer 17

to flow or fall by drops in a small stream

Question 18

trivial

Answer 18

not important, minor

Question 19

truce

Answer 19

pause in fighting, temporary peace

Question 20

vicious

Answer 20

evil, bad, spiteful