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

germinate

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

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