137 Vocabulary 1

(adj.) not productive; bare

(adj.) near; next to; adjoining

(v.) to ask questions

(v.) to break up; disturb

(n.) powerful family or group of rulers who maintain their position or power

(n.) a short written account of one's education and working experience

(adj.) evil, bad; spiteful

(adj.) not important; minor; ordinary

(adj.) lacking variety or excitement; dull; monotonous

(v.) to flow in a small stream (n.) a small, irregular quantity of anything

(v.) to rush violently; to fling or hurl forcefully

(adj.) seemingly endless

(adj.) bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

(n.) a sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead

(v.) to begin to grow

(n.) a pause in fighting; temporary peace

(v.) to make amends for loss or harms suffered; compensate

(v.) to step down from; to come down from the air; land

(v.) to repair; restore to good condition

(v.) to suggest or hint slyly