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vocab unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alight | (V) to get down from, to comedown from the air land |
| alight | (ADJ) lighted up |
| dynasty | (N) a powerful family group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time |
| germinate | (V) to begin to grow, come into being |
| humdrum | (ADJ) ordinary,dull rountine, without variation |
| insinuate | (V) to suggest or hint slyly to edge into something inderectly |
| interrogate | (V) to ask questions |
| resume | a brief summary a short written account of ones 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 next to adjoining |
| barren | not productive bare |
| disrupt | to break up disturb |
| forestate | an advanced indication sample or warning |
| hurtle | to rush violently dash headlong to fling or hurl forcefully |
| interminable | endless so long as to seem endless |
| recompence | (V) to pay back to give a reward (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 quanity of anything |