<p>Vocabulary, Unit 1: Definitions Name ______Grade 7: Whiddon (TEST on ______) You also need to understand synonyms, antonyms, and analogies.</p><p>1. adjacent (adjective) – next to; adjoining</p><p>2. alight (verb) – to get down from, step down from; land (adjective) -- lighted up</p><p>3. barren (adjective) – not productive, bare</p><p>4. disrupt (verb) – to break up; disturb</p><p>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</p><p>7. germinate (verb) – to begin to grow, come into being</p><p>8. humdrum (adjective) – ordinary, dull, routine, without variation</p><p>9. hurtle (verb) – to rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully</p><p>10. insinuate (verb) – to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly</p><p>11. interminable (adjective) – endless, so long as to seem endless</p><p>12. interrogate (verb) – to ask questions, examine by questioning</p><p>13. recompense (verb) – to pay back; give a reward (noun) – a payment for loss, service, or injury</p><p>14. renovate – (verb) – to repair, restore to good condition, make new again</p><p>15. resume (noun) – a brief summary; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualifications for a job</p><p>16. sullen (adjective ) –silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish</p><p>17. trickle (verb) – to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream (noun) – a small, irregular quantity of anything</p><p>18. trivial (adjective) – not important, minor; ordinary</p><p>19. truce (noun) – a pause in fighting, temporary peace</p><p>20. vicious adjective) – evil, bad; spiteful; painfully severe or extreme.</p>