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Adjacent
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(adj.) near, next to, adjoining
SYM:alongside, nearby, neighboring ANT:faraway, distant, remote |
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Alight
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(v.)to get down from; (adj.) lighted up
SYN:dismoun,descend,land,touch down ANT:mount ascend,board, takeoff |
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Barren
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(adj.)not productive, bare
SYN:unproductive,sterile,desolate,arid ANT:fertile,productive,fruitful |
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Disrupt
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(v.)to break up, disrupt
SYN:upset, displace, disorder ANT:organize, arrange |
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Dynasty
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(n.)a powerful family or group of rulers
SYN: ruling house, regime |
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Foretaste
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(n.)an advanced indication,sample
SYN:preview, anticipation |
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Germinate
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(v.)to begin to grow, come into being
SYN:sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon ANT:wither, die, shrivel up |
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Humdrum
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(adj.)ordinary, dull, routine, no variation
SYN:monotonous, prosaic, boring ANT:lively, exciting, thrilling |
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Hurtle
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(v.)to rush violently, dash headlong
SYN:speed, fly, race, catapult, fling ANT:crawl, creep |
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Insinuate
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(v.)to suggest or hint slyly;to edge into
SYN:imply, intimate ANT:barge in, broadcast |
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Interminable
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(adj.)Having no ineterup.
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Interogate
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(v.)to press for info.
SYN:question, interview |
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Recompense
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(v.)to take someone expen.
SYN:reward, ANT:steal,cheat |
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Renovate
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(v.)to restore something
SYN: moderenize ANT:destroy or crash |
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Re'sume'
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a brief list of jobs
SYN: education, award |
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Sullen
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ADJ 1. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
2. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose. |
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trickle
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V to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream
SYN: dribble, seepage, drip |
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trivial
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ADJ of very little importance or value; insignificant,
SYN unimportant, inconsequential, frivolous, trifling AYN: important |
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trace
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a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event
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vicious
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ADJ: given or readily disposed to evil:
SYN:abandoned, corrupt, iniquitous, sinful AYN:moral |
