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Mrs. Brown Unit 1-3
Vocabulary
| adjacent | next to, adjoining |
| alight | to get down from, to step down from the air, landd |
| barren | not productive, bare |
| disrupt | to break up or disturb |
| dynasty | a powerful ruling family for an extended period of time |
| foretaste | an advance; indication;sample;warning |
| germinate | to begin to grow |
| resume' | a brief summary or a short written a account of job history |
| trickle | to flow in drops or a small stream |
| truce | a pause in fighting or a temporary peace |
| humdrum | boring, ordinary, routine |
| hurtle | to rush violently, dash, to fling or hurl |
| insinuate | to suggest or hint slightly |
| interminable | endless |
| interrogate | to question or examine |
| recompense | to pay back or give a reward |
| renovate | to repair or to restore to normal condition |
| available | ready for use |
| cater | to satisfy the needs or, try to make things easy and pleasant |
| customary | usual, expected, routine |
| dissuade | to persuade not to do something |
| entrepreneur | a parson who starts up and takes on the risk of a business |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood, a troublemaker or an extremely energetic person |
| hazard | a risk or to expose to danger or harm; to gamble |
| homicide | the killing of a person by another |
| indifference | a lack of interest or concern |
| indignant | filled with resentment or anger about something unjust |
| indispensable | absolutely necessary and cannot be neglected |
| lubricate | to apply oil or grease and to make smooth |
| mutual | shared, felt or shown equally by tow or more |
| pelt | to throw a stream of things or to strike successively |
| plague | an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths or a wide spread evil |
| poised | balanced, calm, controlled, ready for action |
| regime | a government in power; a form or system of government |
| retard | to make slow; delay or hold back |
| transparent | allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily detected |
| unscathed | unharmed or uninjured |
| animated | full of life and alive |
| brood | a family of young animals, especially birds. to think over in a worried, unhappy way |
| culminate | to reach a high point of development; to end; climax |
| downright | thoroughly, absolute, complete, frank, honest |
| drone | a loafer, idler; buzzing sound |
| goad | to drive or urge on |
| indulge | to give in to a wish or desire, give oneself up |
| ingredient | one of the materials in a recipe, mixture or formula |
| literate | able to read and write |
| loom | to come into view, to appear in exaggerated form (2) a weaving machine |
| luster | the quality of giving off light, brightness, glitter or shine |
| miscellaneous | mixed and of different kinds |
| oration | a public speech at a formal occasion |
| peevish | cross, complaining, irritable |
| seethe | to boil or foam; to be exited or disturbed |
| singe | to burn slightly at the ends or edges |
| unique | one of a kind |
| upright | vertical, straight, good or honest |
| verify | to confirm or establish a truth |
| yearn | to have a strong earnest want or desire |
| sullen | silent , ill humor, anger, resentment, slow moving or sluggish |
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