Week 1 Flashcards

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Voracious

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Desiring or Consuming great quantities

-after work I have a voracious appetite

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Indiscriminate

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Choosing at random without careful selection.

-My sur Ron was a indiscriminate purchase I made

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Eminent

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Of high reputation, outstanding

-are mayor is Eminent for the island

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Steeped

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Soaked, drenched, saturated

-I am steeped for video games

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Replete

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Completely filled or supplied with

-I am replete with happiness when playing football

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Abound

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To exist in great numbers

-The coasts abound with fish.

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Technology

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Branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science.

-technology will take over the work

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Prognosticate

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To predict or foretell a future event

-We are all doctors prognosticating the life span of a dead body.

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Automaton

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A robot, a mechanical “person”

-many works are getting taken over by automaton

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Matron

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An older married woman.

  • my mom is a matron
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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.

How paradoxical that Avalon football team is the best

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Realm

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Special field of something or someone or kingdom

Kings had there own realms

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Annals

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Historical Records

The annals of the world

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Compound(V.)

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To increase or add to

I want to compound my speed on my sur ron

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Tinge

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A trace,smattering, or slight degree

I added a tinge of hot sauce to my soup

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Badger

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To pester, nag, annoy persistently

I love to badger my friends

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Implore

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To plead urgently for aid or mercy

I was drowning in the beach and implore my dad to come

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Drudgery

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Unpleasant, dull, or hard work

I am really drudgery when I go to school

19
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Interminable

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Unending

When I’m at school it feels interminable day

20
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Perceive

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To understand, know,become aware of