vocabulary

Unit 1
Part 1
 Context clues
guess the meaning of the highlighted words in
the following
He sat in an adjacent room and waited.
They live in a house adjacent to the railway.
What part of speech is the word adjacent?
Adjective
The meaning is ------------------------
alight
• A cigarette set the dry grass alight
• Her dress caught alight in the fire.
• Do not alight while the train is still motion.
• What part of speech is the word alight? (more than 1)

• Alight: (v) ------------------ (adj) lighted up ----------------

barren
• The barren land could produce little food.
• The desert is barren land.
• What part of speech is the word barren?

• Barren means ---------------------------

disrupt
• The war likely to disrupt the state.
• He tries to disrupt the communications between the two
headquarters.
• What parts of speech is the word disrupt?
• It’s -----------------------
• The meaning is ----------------
dynasty
• The Han dynasty in China was in power about 400 years.

• What part of the speech is the word dynasty?

• It’s a ----------------------

• The meaning is ----------------------

foretaste
• The air held a foretaste of a storm.
• The mainland campaign had been just a foretaste of what might be
coming.

• What part of speech is the word foretaste?

• It’s a --------------------
• The meaning is ----------------------
germinate
• Some seeds varieties germinate fast, so check every day
• The beans will only germinate if the temperature is warm enough.
• What part of speech is the word germinate?
• It’s a ---------------------

• The meaning is -----------------------

humdrum
• I didn’t like her dress; its humdrum.
• Film exhibition was until recently a humdrum business.
• What part of speech is the word humdrum?
• It’s a --------------

• The meaning is -------------------

hurtle
• The truck came hurtling toward us.
• He dogged to avoid the hurtling bike.
• What part of speech is the word hurtle?
• It’s -------------------

• The meaning is -----------------

insinuate
• It seems to me you insinuate things about her.
• What are you trying to insinuate? Make it clear.

• What part of speech is the word insinuate?

• It’s a ------------
• The meaning is ---------------------------------