VOCABULARY LIST ONE ENGLISH ONE ADJACENT Adjective Means

VOCABULARY LIST ONE ENGLISH ONE

ADJACENT • Adjective • Means “next to, ” “beside, ” or “near” • Sp: adyacente • No additional conjugations • Putting a pizza restaurant adjacent a gym is just plain mean.

BARREN • Adjective • Means “empty and lifeless, ”--refers to a place where nothing grows • No additional conjugations • The farmer looked at his barren field and knew that he was ruined.

BEWILDERED • Adjective • Means “confused” • I was bewildered by the rules of rugby, so I had no idea who was winning the match.

COMMEND • Verb • Commends, commended, commending • Means “to praise” or • “to entrust something to Someone” • The coach commended him for his effort, but he still sucked at football.

EVOKE • Verb • Evokes, evoking, evoked • Sp: evocar • Means “to bring something to mind” or “reminds you of something” • Connor Mc. Gregor’s dominance evokes a young Mike Tyson.

GERMINATE • Verb • Germinates, germinated, germinating • Sp: germinar • Means “to begin to grow” • Can refer to something concrete(like a plant) or abstract (like an idea) • When the seeds he planted finally germinated, the farmer was relieved. • After his sketchy response, my belief that he stole my phone began to germinate.

HUMDRUM • Adjective • No additional conjugations • Means “ordinary, ” “same old” • After being criticized for my humdrum style, I started dressing like Lady Gaga every day.

INFER • Verb: • Infers, inferred, inferring • Sp: inferir • To understand or figure Out (Without being told) • She immediately took out her phone and pretended not to hear me, so I inferred that she wasn’t interested.

INHUMANE • Adjective • Means “Cruel” • Opposite: humane: kind • They were astonished by the man’s inhumane treatment of his dogs.

REVERE • Verb • Reveres, revered • Means “to admire or respect” • Muhammad Ali is revered by many boxing fans, who consider him to be the greatest of all time.

SULLEN • Adjective • Adverb: sullenly • Means “Grumpy, ” or “in a quiet, bad mood” • The child was sullen all morning because his mom wouldn’t let him watch Spongebob and eat cupcakes for breakfast.

TRIVIAL • Adjective • No other conjugations • Sp: same • Means “not important, ” or “insignificant” • Please, I do not want to hear the trivial details of your relationship; nobody cares!