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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjacent
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neighboring, or sharing edges
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Foretaste
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to have a sample or indication of what is to come
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Interminable
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seemingly endless (so long and boring or frustrating as to seem endless)
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Sullen
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hostilely silent, cloudy and dull, or slow-moving
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Alight
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full of energy, lit up, or on fire
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Germinate
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start growing from seed, or develop
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Interrogate
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question somebody thoroughly, or request computer information
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Trickle
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flow slowly in thin stream, or move slowly or gradually
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Barren
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bare of vegetation, not fruiting, or lacking in something
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Humdrum
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dull, boring (being to familiar and lacking variety)
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Recompense
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give compensation, pay or reward somebody
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Trivial
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having little value, commonplace, concerned with trivia, or with zero values
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Disrupt
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interrupt, or destroy order
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Hurtle
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rush (to move or travel at very high speed)
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Renovate
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make something like new again, or refresh somebody or something
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Truce
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cessation in fighting, or agreement to stop fighting
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Dynasty
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succession of hereditary rulers, or prominent and powerful family
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Insinuate
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imply something, or worm your way in
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Résumé
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work history, summary
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Vicious
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ferocious and violent, dangerous and aggressive, malicious, or severe
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