Vocabulary Unit 1 Words th Grade Salk Middle School is adjacent to MacArthur High School. Adjacent: (adj.) near, next to, adjoining The passengers wanted to get out, so they hurried to alight from the airplane. AlightAlight: (v.) to get down from, to land (adj.) lighted up, brightly lit After the forest fire, the land was barren nothing grew. BarrenBarren: (adj.) bare, not productive The ring of the cell phone disrupted teacher she was not happy! DisruptDisrupt: (v.) disturb, to break up In the 11 th century, a foreign warlord invaded the country and set up a dynasty that ruled for more than 250 years. Dynasty:Dynasty (n.) a powerful family or group of rulers