Week 1 Flashcards
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indiscriminate
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choosing at random without careful selection
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voracious
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desiring or consuming great quantities
2
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eminent
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of high reputation, outstanding
3
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steeped
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soaked, drenched, saturated
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replete
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completely filled or supplied w/
5
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to eat humble pie
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to admit your error and apologize
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abound
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to exist in great numbers
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technology
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branch of knowledge dealing w/engineering, applied science
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prognosticate
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to predict or foretell a future event
9
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automaton
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a robot; mechanical person
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matron
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older married woman
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a pig and a poke
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item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment
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paradox
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statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
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realm
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special field of something or someone; kingdom
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annals
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historical records
