Vocabulary Workshop Level B, Unit 1

What does the word DISRUPT most nearly mean?

• (n.) an advance indication, sample, or warning

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

• (v.) to break up, disturb

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

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

What does the word GERMINATE most nearly mean?

• (adj.) ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

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

• (adj.) not important, minor; ordinary, commonplace

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

• (v.) to break up, disturb

What does the word FORETASTE most nearly mean?

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

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

• (adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

• (n.) an advance indication, sample, or warning

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

What does the word RENOVATE most nearly mean?

• (v.) to repair, resort to good condition, make new again

• (v.) to break up, disturb

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

• (v.) to ask questions, examine by questioning

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

What does the word RÉSUMÉ most nearly mean?

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

• (adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

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

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

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

What does the word DYNASTY most nearly mean?

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

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

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

• (adj.) not important, minor; ordinary, commonplace

• (v.) to break up, disturb

What does the word TRUCE most nearly mean?

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

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

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

• (n.) a pause in fighting, temporary peace

• (adj.) ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

What does the word SULLEN most nearly mean?

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

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

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

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

• (adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

What does the word VICIOUS most nearly mean?

• (n.) an advance indication, sample, or warning

• (adj.) ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

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

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being

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

What does the word INTERMINABLE most nearly mean?

• (v.) to ask questions, examine by questioning

• (adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

• (v.) to break up, disturb

• (n.) an advance indication, sample, or warning

• (v.) to begin to grow, come into being