"A Sound of Thunder" Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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Murmur
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- Noun
- A soft, indistinct sound
- The gentle murmur of the river made him calm himself
2
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Annihilate
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- Verb
- To destroy completely
- To get rid of the ants you have to annihilate every ant pile
3
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Expendable
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- Adjective
- Designed to be used once, then abandoned or destroyed
- Many papers have settled on higher education as an expendable beat
4
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Correlate
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- Verb
- Have a mutual relationship or connection in which one thing depends on another
- These upswings correlate with a rise in sea surface temperatures
5
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Paradox
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- Noun
- Something such as a situation that is made up of 2 things, that seem impossible, but is actually possible
- He knew three ways to resolve this paradox
6
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Delirium
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- Noun
- Sudden, severe confusion
- As a new century begins, we have begun to awaken from this delirium
7
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Resilient
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- Adjective
- Able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, able to become strong or successful after something bad
- Making the software resilient against such shifting sands is a problem still with us
8
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Undulate
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- Verb
- To move in a smooth, wavelike motion
- Hundreds of pickers were trudging across an undulating landscape of garbage
9
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Stagnant
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- Adjective
- To cease, to flow or move
- The water in the pond is stagnant, it is moving very fast
10
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Revoke
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- Verb
- To cancel the power or effect of something
- Fans that did not pay the fee had their season tickets revoked
