An advance indication, sample, or warning
foretaste
The Han _____ of China was in power for about 400 years.
What is dynasty?
question, query
What is interrogate?
gush, pour, flood
What is a trickle?
ordinary, dull, routine, without variation
What is humdrum?
The young couple brought in an architect and a contractor to help them ____ the old house.
What is renovate?
unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid
What is barren?
faraway, distant
What is adjacent?
To pay back; to give a reward
Even the loud demonstration on the street below was not enough to _____ the meeting.
What is disrupt?
imply
What is insinuate?
crawl, creep
What is to hurtle?
silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish
What is sullen?
The sky was _____ with a red glow as the fire raged in the distance.
What is alight?
insignificant, trifling
What is trivial?
wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up
What is germinate?
evil, bad, spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme
What is vicious?
We had an _________ wait in the hot, crowded train station.
What is interminable?
synopsis
What is a resume?
war, warfare
What is a truce?