1. Vocabulary List One
English One

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

3. 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.

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

5. commend Verb Means “to praise” or
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.

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

7. Germinate Verb Means “to begin to grow”
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.

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

9. Infer Verb: To understand or figure Out (Without being told)
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.

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

11. 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.

12. sullen Adjective Means “Grumpy,” or “in a quiet, bad mood”
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.

13. 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!