Vocabulary Set A and B 9/29/18

Animals that are usually harmless can be _______________if they feel they are being threatened.

• germinate

• vicious

• resume

• insinuate

In the evening hours, the city's theater district is filled with bright lights and _____________________ activity.

• trivial

• interrogate

• humdrum

• vicious

The servants arranged themselves in a long single row and waited for the new owner of the estate to _________________ from his carriage so they could formally greet him.

• alight

• dynasty

• germinate

• truce

In addition to reading your ________________ yourself, you should ask someone else to read it over as well to make sure it is free of obvious errors.

• humdrum

• vicious

• resume

• dynasty

The leader was celebrated for being a __________________ because of the short amount of time she ruled over the people.

• trivial

• dynasty

• interrogate

• insinuate

Ideas often ______________________ when you least expect them

• trivial

• truce

• interrogate

• germinate

This bulldozer can __________________ that pile of earth and rocks in just a few minutes.

• interrogate

• germinate

• insinuate

• alight

After more than 20 years of fighting, the feuding kingdoms grew weary and finally agreed to a _________________.

• humdrum

• alight

• truce

• dynasty

The two plans for merging the film studios are basically the same; any differences between them are ___________________.

• trivial

• truce

• alight

• humdrum

Because the organization's budget is tight, its managers will have to find ways to _____________________ existing resources.

• germinate

• interrogate

• insinuate

• alight