Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Workshop Level B Unit 1

Front 1

Sullen

Back 1

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

Front 2

Résumé

Back 2

(n.) a brief summary; a short written account of one's education, work, experience, or qualifcations for a job

Front 3

Renovate

Back 3

(v.) To repair, restore to good condition, make new again

Front 4

Disrupt

Back 4

(v) to break up

Front 5

Alight

Back 5

(v.) to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land;(adj.) lighted up

Front 6

Vicious

Back 6

(adj) evil, bad; spiteful; having bad habbits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme

Front 7

Barren

Back 7

(adj) not productive, bare

Front 8

Truce

Back 8

(n) a pause in fighting, temporary peace

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Adjacent

Back 9

(adj) near, next to adjoining

Front 10

Germinate

Back 10

(v) to begin to grow, come in to being

Front 11

Foretaste

Back 11

(n) an advance indication, sample, or warning

Front 12

Dynasty

Back 12

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

Front 13

Trickle

Back 13

(v) to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream; (n) a small irregular quantity of anything

Front 14

Trivial

Back 14

(adj) not important, minor; ordinary, common place

Front 15

Humdrum

Back 15

(adj) ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

Front 16

Recompense

Back 16

(v) to pay back; to give a reward (n) a payment for loss, service, or injury

Front 17

Interrogate

Back 17

(v) to ask quetions, examine by questioning

Front 18

Interminable

Back 18

(adj) endless, so long as to seem endless

Front 19

Insinuate

Back 19

(v) to suggest orhint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

Front 20

Hurtle

Back 20

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