Vocabulary

to get down from; to come down from the air, land

• alight

• germinate

• insinuate

• interrogate

The passengers hurried to _____________ from the small airplane.

• humdrum

• alight

• trivial

• vicious

The sky was _____________ with a red glow as the fire raged in the distance.

• dynasty

• humdrum

• alight

• truce

a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time

• resume

• trivial

• truce

• dynasty

The Han _____________ of China was in power for about 400 years.

• dynasty

• alight

• germinate

• humdrum

to begin to grow, come into being

• germinate

• resume

• trivial

• truce

After he interrogated the suspect, suspicion began to __________ in the inspector's mind.

• vicious

• germinate

• alight

• dynasty

ordinary, dull, routine, without variation

• alight

• trivial

• humdrum

• insinuate

All household tasks are _____________, according to my brother, who never helps with them.

• alight

• trivial

• truce

• humdrum

to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

• insinuate

• interrogate

• germinate

• alight