Test: the Golden Goblet

Vocabulary, Unit 1: Definitions Name ______Grade 7: Whiddon (TEST on ______) You also need to understand synonyms, antonyms, and analogies.

1. adjacent (adjective) – next to; adjoining

2. alight (verb) – to get down from, step down from; land (adjective) -- lighted up

3. barren (adjective) – not productive, bare

4. disrupt (verb) – to break up; disturb

5. dynasty (noun) – a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time 6. foretaste (noun) – an advance indication, sample, or warning

7. germinate (verb) – to begin to grow, come into being

8. humdrum (adjective) – ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

9. hurtle (verb) – to rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

10. insinuate (verb) – to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

11. interminable (adjective) – endless, so long as to seem endless

12. interrogate (verb) – to ask questions, examine by questioning

13. recompense (verb) – to pay back; give a reward (noun) – a payment for loss, service, or injury

14. renovate – (verb) – to repair, restore to good condition, make new again

15. resume (noun) – a brief summary; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualifications for a job

16. sullen (adjective ) –silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish

17. trickle (verb) – to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream (noun) – a small, irregular quantity of anything

18. trivial (adjective) – not important, minor; ordinary

19. truce (noun) – a pause in fighting, temporary peace

20. vicious adjective) – evil, bad; spiteful; painfully severe or extreme.