Week 1 Flashcards
voracious
desiring or consuming great quantities
I am very voracious before lunch time
Indiscriminate
Choosing at random without careful selection
Wheel picks are indiscriminate with the selections
Steeped
Soaked, drenched, saturated
After going in the water I am steeped
Eminent
Of high reputation, outstanding
I look up to many eminent people
Replete
Completely filled or supplied with
Rich people are replete with money
Imminent
About to happen
I warned my friend about imminent disaster, he did not listen
Abound
To exist in great numbers
Technology
Branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
Most people nowadays use technology
Prognosticate
To predict or foretell a future event
I prognosticated that something would go wrong and it did
Automaton
A robot; a mechanical “person”
My weird friend talks like an automaton
Matron
An older married woman
My mom is a matron
Paradox
A statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
Mr blehm told a story “nobody goes to the trap anymore, it’s too packed”
Realm
A special field of something or someone; kingdom
My house is my realm
Annals
Historical records
There probably are annals of my childhood
Compound
To increase or add to
I compounded my money
