Vocabulary Unit 1

When I lived in Craley, my best friend lived in the house next door; our homes were _________________.

• Adjacent

• Interminable

• trivial

• renovated

In contrast to the gardens and lush landscape, the new backyard filled with piles of dirt from the building project looked lifeless and ____________.

• Interminable

• recompense

• Barren

• Foretaste

The space junk appears to _________ through space at high speeds.

• Disrupt

• Hurtle

• germinate

• alight

The crowd appeared to __________ away slowly after the sad announcement that the concert was cancelled.

• germinate

• trickle

• sullen

• hurtle

Two police officers will need to ___________ and ask the girl questions after she is removed from the crime scene.

• Interminable

• adjacent

• insinuate

• interrogate

We are reading the first three chapters of the book, hopefully giving the students a sample of the book. This _____________ will give a preview of the conflict.

• foretaste

• renovate

• trivial

• vicious

The __________ rumor was damaging to the group of friends. It was spiteful and mean spirited.

• interminable

• vicious

• truce

• disrupt

Another word for disturb is ....

• interminable

• germinate

• disrupt

• alight

After tense negotiations and compromise, the representatives decided to call a ______________ and elect the best person for the job. The bickering was over.

• recompense

• germinate

• truce

• dynasty

The teacher asked me to be more concise in my writing, I needed to get rid of the ______________ or unimportant information.

• humdrum

• resume

• alight

• trivial