Vocabulary Workshop Level B Unit 1

interminable

(adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

vicious

(adj.) evil, bad; spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme

adjacent

(adj.) near, next to, adjoining

trivial

(adj.) not important, minor; ordinary, commonplace

barren

(adj.) not productive, bare

humdrum

(adj.) ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

sullen

(adj.) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish

dynasty

(n) a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time

foretaste

(n) an advance indication, sample, or warning

resume

(n.) a brief summary; a short written account of one's education, working experience, or qualifications for a job

truce

(n.) a pause in fighting, temporary peace

disrupt

(v) to break up, disturb

interrogate

(v.) to ask questions, examine by questioning

trickle

(v.) to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream; (n.) a small, irregular quantity of anything

alight

(v.) to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land; (adj.) lighted up

recompense

(v.) to pay back; to give a reward; (n.) a payment for loss, service, or injury

renovate

(v.) to repair, restore to good condition, make new again

hurtle

(v.) to rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

insinuate

(v.) to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

germinate

(v.) to begin to grow, come into being