Part 1 Flashcards

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Voracious

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Desiring or consuming great quantities

-Adjective

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Indiscriminate

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Choosing at random without careful selection

-Adjective

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Eminent

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Of high reputation, outstanding

-Adjective

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Steeped

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Soaked, drenched, saturated

-Adjective

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Replete

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Completely filled or supplied with

-Adjective

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Abound

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To exist in great numbers

-Verb

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Technology

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Branch of knowledge dealing with Engineering, applied science, etc.
-Noun

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Prognosticate

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To predict or foretell a future event

-Verb

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Automaton

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A robot; a mechanical “person”

-noun

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Matron

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An older married woman

-Noun

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Paradox

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A statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
-Noun

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Realm

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Special field of something or someone; kingdom

-Noun

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Annals

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Historical records

-Noun

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Compound

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To increase or add to

-Verb

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Tinge

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A trace, smattering, or slight degree

-Noun

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Badger

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To pester, nag, annoy persistently

-Verb

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Implore

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To plead urgently for aid or mercy

-Verb

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Drudgery

A

Unpleasant, dull, or hard work

-Noun

19
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Interminable

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Unending

-Adjective

20
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Perceive

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To understand, know, become aware of

-Verb

21
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To eat humble pie

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To admit you error and apologize

22
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A pig in a poke

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An item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment

23
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A flash in a pan

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Promising at the start but then disappointing

24
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To pour oil on troubled waters

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To make peace, to calm someone down