VOCAB

ADJACENT

• D: near, next to, adjoining
• S: alongside, nearby, neighboring
• A: faraway, distant, remote

ALIGHT

• D: to get/step down, lighted up
• S: dismount, descend, land, touch down
• A: mount, ascend, board, take off

BARREN

• D: not productive, bare
• S: unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid
• A: fertile, productive, fruitful

DISRUPT

• D: to break up, disturb
• S: upset, displace, disorder
• A: organize, arrange

DYNASTY

• D: a group of rulers that maintain power
• S: ruling house

FORETASTE

• D: an advance indication, sample, or warning
• S: preview, anticipation

GERMINATE

• D: to begin to grow, come into being
• S: sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon
• A: wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up

HUMDRUM

• D: ordinary, dull, routine, w/out variation
• S: monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring
• A: lively, exciting, thrilling, exhilarating

HURTLE

• D: to rush violently, dash, fling/hurl forcefully
• S: speed, fly, race, catapult, fling
• A: crawl, creep

INSINUATE

• D: to suggest, to edge something indirectly
• S: imply, intimate
• A: barge in, broadcast

INTERMINABLE

• D: endless, so long as to seem endless
• S: never ending, ceaseless
• A: brief, short, fleeting

INTERROGATE

• D: to ask questions, look by asking
• S: question, query

RECOMPENSE

• D: to pay back, to give a reward
• S: repay, compensation

RENOVATE

• To repair, restore, make new again
• S: repair, fix up, recondition

RÉSUMÉ

• D: brief summary, short writing
• S: synopsis, job history

SULLEN

• D: anger, silent because of ill humor
• S: grumpy, surly, peevish, morose
• A: cheerful, blithe, sociable, vivacious

TRICKLE

• D: to flow or fall by drops or in a stream
• S: dribble, drizzle, drip
• A: gush, pour, flood

TRIVIAL

• D: not important, minor, common
• S: insignificant, petty, trifling
• A: important, weighty, momentous

TRUCE

• D: a pause in fighting, temporary peace
• S: crease-fire, armistice
• A: war, warfare, fighting

VICIOUS

• D: evil, bad, spiteful, painful
• S: wicked, malicious, savage
• A: good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless