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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1
Unit 1-Building Vocabulary Level B
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English
9th Grade
05/07/2010

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adjacent
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near, next to adjoining
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alight
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to get down from, step down from
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barren
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not productive, bare
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disrupt
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To break up, disturb
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dynasty
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a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time

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foretaste
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an advance indication, sample or warning
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germinate
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to begin to grow, come into being
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humdrum
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ordinary, dull, routine, without variation
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hurtle
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to rush violently, dash headlong;
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insinuate
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to suggest or hint slyly
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interminable
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endless, so long as to seem endless
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interrogate
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To ask questions
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recompense
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to pay back, give a reward
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renovate
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to repair, restore to good condition
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resume
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a brief summary; a short written account of one's education, working experience.

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sullen
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silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, resentment

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trickle
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(v)a flow or fall by drops or in a small stream;(n) a small, irregular quantity of anything

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trivial
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not important, minor
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truce
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a pause in fighting, temporary peace

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vicious
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evil, bad; spiteful
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