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Vocab Workshop Level B, Unit 1
Hamilton Middle: Srack
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General Vocab
7th Grade
09/10/2008

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adjacent

Definition

adj:  near, next to, adjoining

 

Synonyms:  alongside, nearby, neighboring

Antonyms:  faraway, distant, remote

Term

alight

 

Definition

v. to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land;

 

adj. lighted up

 

Syn:  dismount, descend

Ant:  mount, ascend, take off

 

Term
barren
Definition

adj.  not productive, bare

 

Syn:  unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid

Ant:  fertile, productive, fruitful

Term
disrupt
Definition

v. to break up, disturb

 

Syn:  upset, displace, disorder

Ant:  organize, arrange

Term
dynasty
Definition

N. a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some tim

 

Syn:  ruling house, regime

Term

foretaste

Definition

n.  an advance indication, sample or warning

 

Syn:  preview, anticipation

Term
germinate
Definition

v.  to begin to grow, come into being

 

syn:  sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon

Ant:  wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up

Term
hurtle
Definition

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

 

Syn:  speed, fly race, catapult, fling

Any:  crawl, creep

Term
humdrum
Definition

adj.  ordinary, dull, routin, without variation

 

syn:  monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring

ant:  lively, exciting, thrilling, exhilarating

Term
insinuate
Definition

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

 

syn:  imply, intimate

ant:  barge in, broadcast

Term
interminable
Definition

adj.  endless, so long as to seem endless

 

syn:  never-ending, ceaseless

ant:  brief, short, fleeting

Term
interrogate
Definition

v.  to ask questions, examine by questioning

 

syn:  question, query

Term
recompense
Definition

v.  to pay back; to give a reward;

n.  a pament for loss, service or injury

 

syn: v.  repay

                 n. compensation

Term
renovate
Definition

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

 

syn:  repair, fix up, recondition

Term
resume
Definition

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

 

syn:  synopsis, job history

Term
sullen
Definition

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

 

syn:  grumpy, surly, peevish, morose

ant:  cheerful, blithe, sociable, vivacious

Term
trickle
Definition

v.  to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream;

n.  a small, irregular quantity of anything

 syn: (v.) dribble, drizzle, drip; (n.) small amount

ant: ( v.)  gush, pour, flood; (n.) deluge

Term
trivial
Definition

adj.  not important, minor; ordinary, commonplace

 

syn:  insignificant, petty, trifling

ant:  important, weighty, momentous

Term
truce
Definition

n.  a pause in fighting, temporary peace

 

syn:  cease-fire, armistice

ant:  war, warfare, fighting

Term
vicious
Definition

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

 

syn:  wicked, malicious, savage

ant:  good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless

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