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