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adjacent - alongside, nearby, neighboring
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alight - dismount, descend, land, touch down
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barren - unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid
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disrupt - upset, displace, disorder
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dynasty - ruling house, regime
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foretaste - preview, anticipation
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germinate - sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon
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humdrum - monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring
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hurtle - speed, fly, race, catapult, fling
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insinuate - imply, intimate
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interminable: never-ending, ceaseless
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interrogate: question, query
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recompense: (v.) repay (n.) compensation
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renovate: repair, fix up, recondition
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resume: synopsis, job history
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sullen: grumpy, surly, peevish, morose
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trickle: (v.) dribble, drizzle, drip; (n.) small amount
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trivial: insignificant, petty, trifling
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truce: cease-fire, armistice
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vicious: wicked, malicious, savage
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adjacent
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alongside, nearby, neighboring
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alight
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dismount, descend, land, touch down
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barren
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unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid
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disrupt
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upset, displace, disorder
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dynasty
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ruling house, regime
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foretaste
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preview, anticipation
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germinate
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sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon
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humdrum
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monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring
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hurtle
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speed, fly, race, catapult, fling
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insinuate
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imply, intimate
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interminable
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never-ending, ceaseless
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interrogate
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question, query
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recompense
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(v.) repay (n.) compensation
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renovate
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repair, fix up, recondition
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resume
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synopsis, job history
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sullen
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grumpy, surly, peevish, morose
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trickle
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(v.) dribble, drizzle, drip; (n.) small amount
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trivial
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insignificant, petty, trifling
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truce
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cease-fire, armistice
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vicious
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wicked, malicious, savage
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