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English vocab work
english vocab workshop words
Question | Answer |
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Adjacent | near, next to, adjoining |
Alight | to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land; (adj.) lighten up |
Barren | not productive, bare |
Disrupt | to break up, disturb |
Dynasty | a powerful family or group of rulers |
Foretaste | an advance indication, sample, or warning |
Germinate | to begin to grow |
Humdrum | ordinary, dull, routine |
Hurtle | to rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully |
Insinuate | to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly |
Interminable | endless, so long as to seem endless |
Interrogate | to ask questions, examine by questioning |
Recompense | to pay back; to give a reward; a payment for loss, service, or injury |
Renovate | to repair, restore to good condition |
R`esum`e | a short written account of one's education, working experience, or qualifications for a job |
Sullen | silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment |
Trickle | to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream; a small, irregular quantity of anything |
Trivial | not important; minor |
Truce | a pause in fighting, temporary peace |
Vicious | evil, bad, spiteful |