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Vocabulary Workshop Level B (1)
Unit one words
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English
6th Grade
09/27/2010

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Term
Adjacent
Definition

adj. near 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

Synonyms v: Dismount, descend, land, touch down

Antonyms v: mount, ascend, board, take off

Term
Barren
Definition

adj. not productive, bare

synonyms: unproductive, sterile, desolate

Antonyms: fertile, productive, fruitful

Term
Disrupt
Definition

v. to break up, disturb

Synonyms: upset, displace, disorder

Antonyms: organize, arrange

 

Term
Dynasty
Definition

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

Synonyms: ruling house, regime

Term
Foretaste
Definition

n. an advanced indication, sample, or warning

Synonyms: preview, anticipation

Term
Germinate
Definition

v. to begin to grow, come into being Synonyms: sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon

Antonyms: wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up

Term
Humdrum
Definition

adj. ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

Synonyms: monotonous, uneventful, prosiac, boring

Antonyms: lively, exciting, thrilling, exhilerating 

Term
Hurtle
Definition

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

Synonoyms: speed, fly, race, catapult, fling

Antonyms: crawl, creep

Term
Insinuate
Definition

v. to suggest or hint shyly; to edge into something inderectly 

Synonyms: imply, intimate

Antonyms: barge in, broadcast 

Term
Interminable
Definition

adj. endless, so long as to seem endless

Synonyms: never-ending, ceaseless

Antonyms: brief, short, fleeting

Term
Interrogate
Definition

v. to ask questions, examine by questioning

Synonyms: question, query

Term
Recompense
Definition

v. to pay back; to give a reward

n. a payment for loss, service, or injury

Synonyms: v. repay

n. compensation 

Term
Renovate
Definition

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

Synonyms: repair, fix up, recondition

Term
Résumé
Definition

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

Synonyms: synopsis, job history

Term
Sullen
Definition

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

Synonyms: grumpy, surly, peevish, morose

Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, sociable, vivacious

Term
Trickle
Definition

v. to flowor fall by drops or in a small stream.

n. a small irregular quantity of anything

Synonyms v: dribble, drizzle, drip

Synonyms n: small amount

Antonyms v: gush, pour,  flood

Antonyms n: deluge

Term
Trivial
Definition

adj. not immportant, minor; ordinary, commonplace

Synonyms: insignificant, petty, trifling

Antonyms: important, weighty, momentous

Term
Truce
Definition

n. a puase in fighting, temporary peace

Synonyms: cease-fire

Antonyms: war, warfare, fighting

Term
Vicious
Definition

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

Synonyms: wicked, malicious, savage

Antonyms: good, kind, mild, harmless

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