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Vocab Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alight (v) | To get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land |
| Alight (adj) | Lighted up |
| Dynasty | A powerful family or group of rulers to maintain that position or power for some time |
| Germinate | To begin to grow, come into being |
| Humdrum | Ordinary, dull, routine, without variation |
| Insinuate | To suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly |
| Interrogate | To ask questions, examined by questioning |
| Resume | A brief summary; short written account of one's education, working experience, or qualifications for a job |
| Trivial | Not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace |
| Truce | A pause in fighting, temporary peace |
| Vicious | Evil, bad, spiteful, having bad habits or an ugly disposition, painfully severe or extreme |
| Adjacent | Near, text to, adjoining |
| Barren | Not productive, bare |
| Disrupt | To break up, disturb |
| Foretaste | An advance indication, sample, or warning |
| Hurtle | To rush violently, dash headlong, to fling or hurl forcefully |
| Interminable | Endless, so long as to seem endless |
| Recompense (v) | To pay back, to give a reward |
| Recompense (n) | A payment for loss, service, or injury |
| Renovate | To repair, restore to good condition, make new again |
| Sullen | Silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger,or resentment, slow-moving, sluggish |
| Trickle (v) | To flow or fall by drops or in a small stream |
| Trickle (n) | A small irregular quantity of anything |