Vocabulary, Unit 1: Definitions
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Grade 7: Whiddon
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You also need to understand synonyms, antonyms, and analogies.
1. adjacent
(adjective) – next to; adjoining
2. alight
(verb) – to get down from, step down from; land
(adjective) -- lighted up
3. barren
(adjective) – not productive, bare
4. disrupt
(verb) – to break up; disturb
5. dynasty
6. foretaste
(noun) – a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or
power for some time
(noun) – an advance indication, sample, or warning
7. germinate
(verb) – to begin to grow, come into being
8. humdrum
(adjective) – ordinary, dull, routine, without variation
9. hurtle
(verb) – to rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully
10. insinuate
(verb) – to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly
11. interminable
(adjective) – endless, so long as to seem endless
12. interrogate
(verb) – to ask questions, examine by questioning
13. recompense
(verb) – to pay back; give a reward
(noun) – a payment for loss, service, or injury
14. renovate –
(verb) – to repair, restore to good condition, make new again
15. resume
(noun) – a brief summary; a short written account of one’s education,
working experience, or qualifications for a job
16. sullen
(adjective ) –silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment;
slow moving, sluggish
17. trickle
(verb) – to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream
(noun) – a small, irregular quantity of anything
18. trivial
(adjective) – not important, minor; ordinary
19. truce
(noun) – a pause in fighting, temporary peace
20. vicious
adjective) – evil, bad; spiteful; painfully severe or extreme.