Lesson 1 Flashcards
Replete (adj.)
Syn: filled
The football game was replete with excitement and great plays.
Eminent (adj.)
Syn: outstanding; famous
The eminent author received the noble prize.
Steeped (adj.)
Syn: saturated; soaked
My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork.
Voracious (adj.)
Syn: hungry; greedy
I have a voracious appetite
Indiscriminate (adj.)
Syn: haphazard; random
Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians.
To eat humble pie (idiom)
Apologies
She said yesterday that she hoped he would be eating humble pie.
Prognosticate (vi.) (vt.)
Syn: forewarn; forecast
The mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.
Automaton (n.)
Syn: a mechanical “person”; a robot
The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by automatons.
Matron (n.)
Syn: lady
A clever salesman will always ask a matron if her mother is at home.
Abound (vi.)
Syn: be plentiful
The western plains used to abound with bison
Technology (n.)
Syn: branch of knowledge dealing with engineering
Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific technology
A pig in a poke (idiom)
An item you purchase without having seen
- The order turned out to be a pig in a poke.
Compound (vt.)
Syn: add to; increase
- His gloom was now compounded by the failing on his geometry test.
Annals (n.)
Syn: historical records
- The annals of sports are replete with the names of great black athletes.
Paradox (n.)
Syn: inconsistency
- One of the great paradoxes of American life …
Tinge (n.)
Syn: trace, small amount of
- A tinge of garlic is all that’s necessary in most recipes.
Realm (n.)
Syn: kingdom
- The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his realm.
A flash in the pan (idiom)
a star today, a flop tomorrow
- The rookie hit many home runs in spring training, but once the season began he proved to be a flash in the pan.
Drudgery (n.)
Syn: hard work
- She does her homework on Fridays to save herself from the drudgery of having to do it during the weekend.
Badger (vt.)
Syn: pester; annoy; nag
- The teacher continually badger the pupil for the missing assignments.
Perceive (vt.)
Syn: know; understand; become aware of
- The eminent scientist perceives difficulties in putting the invention into practice.
Implore (vt.)
Syn: ask; beg for assistance
- The sick child’s mother implored the doctor to come immediately.
Interminable (adj.)
Syn: unending
- I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an interminable fifty minutes.
To pour oil on troubled waters (idiom)
To make peace to calm someone down
- When I tried to pour oil on troubled water, the angry husband and his wife began to attack me.
