week 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
voracious
desiring or consuming great quantities
indiscriminate
choosing at random without careful selection
replete
completely filled or supplied with
steeped
soaked, drenched, saturated
eminent
of high reputation, outstanding
imminent
about to happen
abound
to exist in great numbers
technology
branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
prognosticate
to predict or foretell a future event
automaton
a robot; a mechanical “person”
matron
an older married woman
badger
to pester, nag, annoy persistently
implore
to plead urgently for aid or mercy
drudgery
unpleasant, dull, boring- not like it
interminable
seemingly unending
perceive
to understand, know, become aware of, to see
compound
to increase or to add too
realm
special field or something or someone; kingdom
paradox
a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory bit which may in fact turn out to be true
annals
historical records
tinge
a feeling, sensation, and or emotion.
