Vocabulary Context and Usage

The spiteful girl spit out some __________ comments to me that really hurt my feelings.

• vicious

• humdrum

• interminable

• barren

My grandmother's house is next door, or ______, to my house.

• renovate

• barren

• trivial

• adjacent

Our neighbors and I decided we were tired of arguing all the time, so we called a temporary ________.

• dynasty

• truce

• disrupt

• trickle

When the plane landed and the doors opened, the passengers were given permission to ________.

• germinate

• disrupt

• alight

• recompense

This area is so desolate and ______ that nothing much grows.

• barren

• humdrum

• germinate

• trivial

Our leaky faucet began to ___________, and the "drip, drip" sound was unpleasant to my ears.

• germinate

• alight

• trickle

• trivial

Even though the task I was asked to do seemed minor, or _________, I did it anyway.

• humdrum

• trivial

• sullen

• barren

Too many announcements during one class period can severely _________ class time.

• truce

• trickle

• disrupt

• hurtle

The ______ student was brooding because he did not want to do his work.

• sullen

• humdrum

• vicious

• barren

The rebels killed all the members of the imperial family in order to stop the ____________ from continuing its reign.

• truce

• foretaste

• resume

• dynasty