Week 1 Flashcards
Voracious
Desiring or cunsuming great quantities
After skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
Indiscriminate
Choosing at random without careful selection
Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike.
Eminent
Of high reputation, outstanding
The eminent author reveived the Nobel Prize for literature.
Steeped
Soaked, drenched, saturated
My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.
Replete
Completely filled or supplied with
The football game was replete with excitement and great plays.
Abound
To exist in great numbers
The western plains used to abound with bison before those animals were slaughtered by settlers.
Technology
Branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific technology.
Prognosticate
To predict or foretell a future event
The mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.
Automaton
A robot, a mechanical “person”
The tine is approaching when human workers may be replaced by automaton.
Matron
An older married woman
A clever salesman will always ask a matron if her mother is at home.
Paradox
A statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
One of the great paradoxes of American life is that though minority groups have suffed injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.
Realm
Special field of something or someone; kingdom
The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his realm, restricting him to the forest, which abounded* with wild animals.
Annals
Historical records
The annals of sports are replete* with the names of great black athelets.
Compound
To increase or add to
His gloom was now compounded by the failing mark on his geometry test.
Tinge
A trace, smattering, or slight degree
A tinge of garlic is all that’s necessary in most recipes.
