Week 1 Flashcards
Voracious
Desiring or Consuming Great Quantities
Ex: Traveling Before Eating Food
Indiscriminate
Choosing at Random Without Careful Selection
Ex: Random Candy Throws at Beach Bingo
Eminent
Of High Reputation, Outstanding
Ex: The Number 1 Hero
Steeped
Soaked, Drenched, Saturated
Ex: Drenching Quick Coffee In Water
Replete
Completely Filled or Supplied With
Ex: Hungry at School
Abound
To Exist In Great Numbers
Ex: I abound video games in my Nintendo
Technology
Branch of Knowledge Dealing With Engineering, Applied Science, Etc
Ex: I use technology to study sometimes
Prognosticate
To Predict or Foretell A Future Event
Ex: The Simpsons Prognosticate in a few episodes
Automaton
A Robot; A Mechanical “Person”
Ex: Automatons help in Mechanical Settings
Matron
An Older Married Woman
Ex: Many mothers are Matrons
Imminent
About To Happen
Ex: Imminent, impending Party
Paradox
A Statement That At First Seems To Be Absurd or Self-Contradictory But Which May In Fact Turn Out To Be True
Ex: The best American Paradoxes are confusing
Realm
Special Field of Something or Someone; Kingdom
Ex: The Nether Realm in Minecraft
Annals
Historical Records
Ex: Yearbooks
Compound (verb.)
To Increase or Add to
Ex: His excitement was compounded by the look on the other’s face
Tinge (noun.)
A Trace, Smattering, or Slight Degree
Ex: He felt more than a tinge of pain
Badger (verb.)
To Pester, Nag, Annoy Persistently
Ex: I like to badger my mom
Implore
To Plead Urgently For Aid Or Mercy
Ex: I don’t usually implore
Drudgery
Unpleasant, Dull, Hard Work (you don’t like something)
Ex: It feels like drudgery seeming sweaty in class
Interminable
Seemingly Unending
Ex: Class sometimes feels interminable
Perceive
To Understand, Know, Become Aware Of (To See)
Ex: I perceive things easily
