Vocab

Front 1

near, next to, adjoining

Back 1

adjacent

Front 2

to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land: lighted up

Back 2

alight

Front 3

not productive, bare

Back 3

barren

Front 4

to break up, disturb

Back 4

disrupt

Front 5

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

Back 5

dynasty

Front 6

an advanced indication, sample, or warning

Back 6

foretaste

Front 7

to begin to grow, come into being

Back 7

germinate

Front 8

ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

Back 8

humdrum

Front 9

to rush violently, dash headlong: to fling or hurl forcefully

Back 9

hurtle

Front 10

to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something to ask indirectly

Back 10

insinuate

Front 11

endless, so long as to seem endless

Back 11

interminable

Front 12

to ask questions, examine by questioning

Back 12

interrogate

Front 13

to pay back, give a reward; a payment for loss, service, or injury.

Back 13

recompense

Front 14

to repair, restore to good condition, make new again

Back 14

renovate

Front 15

a breif summary, a short written account on one's education, working experience, or qualifications for a job.

Back 15

resume

Front 16

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

Back 16

sullen

Front 17

to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream; a small, irregular quantity of anything

Back 17

trickle

Front 18

not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

Back 18

trivial

Front 19

a pause in fighting, temporary peace

Back 19

truce

Front 20

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

Back 20

vicious

Front 21

ready for use, at hand

Back 21

available

Front 22

to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasent, to supply food and service

Back 22

cater

Front 23

usual, expected, routine

Back 23

customary

Front 24

to persuade not ot do something

Back 24

dissuade

Front 25

a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business

Back 25

entrepreneur

Front 26

a peice of burning wood, a trouble maker, and extremely energetice or emotional person

Back 26

firebrand

Front 27

risk. peril; to expose to danger or harm, to gamble

Back 27

hazard

Front 28

the killing of one person by another

Back 28

homicide

Front 29

a lack of interest or concern

Back 29

indifference

Front 30

filled with resentment or angerover something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Back 30

indignant

Front 31

absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

Back 31

indispensible

Front 32

to apply oil or grease, to make smooth, slippery or easy to use

Back 32

lubricate

Front 33

shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more

Back 33

mutual

Front 34

to throw a stream of things, to strike successively, to hurry

Back 34

pelt

Front 35

an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths, a widespread evil, to annoy or bother

Back 35

plague

Front 36

balanced, suspended, calm, controlled, read for action

Back 36

poised

Front 37

a goverment in power, a form or system of rule or management, a period of rule

Back 37

regime

Front 38

to make slow, delay, hold back

Back 38

retard

Front 39

allowing light to pass through, easily recognized or understood, easily seen through or detected

Back 39

transparent

Front 40

wholly unharmed, not injured

Back 40

unscathed

Front 41

full of life, lively, alive

Back 41

animated

Front 42

a familyu of young animals, especially birds, any group having the same nature and origin; to think over in a worried, unhappy way

Back 42

brood

Front 43

to reach a high point of development, to end, climax

Back 43

culminate

Front 44

thoroughly, absolute, complete, frank, blunt

Back 44

downright

Front 45

a loafer, idler, a buzzing or humming sound, a remote-controle device, a male bee; to make a buzzing sound, to speak in a dull tone of voice

Back 45

drone

Front 46

to drive or urger onl something used to drive or urge on

Back 46

goad

Front 47

to give into a wish or a desire, give oneself upto

Back 47

indulge

Front 48

one of the materials in a mixture, recipe, or formula

Back 48

ingredient

Front 49

able to read and write, showing an excellent educational backround, having knowledge or training

Back 49

literate

Front 50

to come into veiw, to appear in exaggerated form; a machine for weaving

Back 50

loom

Front 51

the quality of giving off light, brightness, glitter, brilliance

Back 51

luster

Front 52

mixed, of different kinds

Back 52

miscellaneous

Front 53

a public speech for a formal occasion

Back 53

oration

Front 54

cross, complaining, irritable, contrary

Back 54

peevish

Front 55

to boil or foam, to be excited or disturbed

Back 55

seethe

Front 56

to burn slightly; a burn at the ends or edges

Back 56

singe

Front 57

one of a kind, unequaled, unusual, found only in a given class, place or situation

Back 57

unique

Front 58

vertical, straight, good, honest; in a vertical position

Back 58

upright

Front 59

to establish the truth or accuracy of, confirm

Back 59

verify

Front 60

to have a strong and earnest desire

Back 60

yearn