Week 1 Flashcards
Indiscriminate
Choosing at random without careful selection
E.g: Modern warfare often result in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike
Voracious
Desiring or consuming great quantity
E.g: After skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite
Eminent
Of a high reputation, outstanding
E.g: The eminent author received the Nobel Prize in for literature.
Steeped
Soaked, drenched, saturated
E.g: My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.
Replete
Completely filled or supplied with
E.g: The football game was replete with excitement and great plays.
Abound
To exist in great numbers
E.g: 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.
E.g: Many may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific technology
Prognosticate
To predict or foretell a future event
E.g: The mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.
Automaton
A robot; a mechanical “person”
E.g: The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by automatons.
Matron
An older married woman
E.g: 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
E.g: One of the greatest paradoxes of American life is that though minority groups suffered injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.
Realm
Special field of something or someone; kingdom
E.g: 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
E.g: The annals of sports are replete with the names of great black athletes
Compound
To increase or add to
E.g: His gloom was now compounded by the failing mark on his geometry test.
Tinge
A trace, smattering, or slight degree
E.g: A tinge of garlic is all that’s necessary in most recipes.
Badger
To pester, nag, annoy persistently
E.g: The teachers continually badgers the pupil for the missing assignments.
Implore
To plead urgently for aid or mercy
E.g: The sick child’s mother implored the doctor to come immediately.
Drudgery
Unpleasant, dull, or hard work
E.g: She does her homework on Friday to save herself from the drudgery of having to do it during the weekend.
Interminable
Unending
E.g: I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an interminable fifty minutes.
Perceive
To understand, know, become aware of
E.g: The eminent scientist perceive difficulties in putting the invention into practice.
