Week 1 Flashcards

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Replete

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Completely filled or supplied with

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Eminent

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Of high reputation, outstanding

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3
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Voracious

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Desiring or consuming great quantities

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Steeped

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Soaked, drenched, saturated

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5
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Indiscriminate

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Choosing at random without careful selection

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Abound

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To exist in great numbers

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Technology

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A branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc

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8
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Prognosticate

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To predict or foretell a future event

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Automaton

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A robot, or mechanical person

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10
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Matron

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an older married woman

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Tinge

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A trace, smattering, or slight degree

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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

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13
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Compound

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To increase or add

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14
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Annals

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Historical records

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Realm

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Special field of something or someone; kingdom

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Badger

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To pester, nah, annoy, persistently

17
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Implore

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To plead urgently for aid or mercy

18
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Drudgery

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Unpleasant

19
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Interminable

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Seemingly unending

20
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Perceive

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To understand, know, become aware of