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