Unit 1 Vocabulary Practice

Which word means, "endless, so long as to seem endless"

• interminable

• dynasty

• hurtle

• barren

A synonym for "recompense" is

• imply

• speed

• desolate

• repay

Which word means, "near, next to, adjoining"

• germinate

• insinuate

• foretaste

• adjacent

a powerful family or group of rulers that keeps power for a long time is called a

• dynasty

• trickle

• insinuate

• resume

"Alight" means

• not productive

• ordinary or dull

• to get down from, come down from the air

• to break up

To "interrogate" is to

• answer questions

• ask questions

• run away

• make peace

What word means "to break up, disturb"

• recompense

• adjacent

• sullen

• disrupt

An antonym of "germinate" is

• to sprout,shoot up

• exciting, thrilling

• cheerful

• wither, die

A synonym of "foretaste" is

• boring, monotonous

• preview, anticipation

• question, query

• repair, recondition

Unlike the great farmland that we used to live on, this desert ground is ______________ and we cannot grow crops here.

• trivial

• vicious

• barren

• hurtle