1100 - Week 1
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Les97 Plus on April 13, 2011
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abound | existing in great number |
| annals | historical records |
| automaton | machine that behaves like a person |
| badger | to continually nag |
| compound | to add too |
| drudgery | dull, difficult work |
| eminent | of outstanding reputation |
| implore | beg for assistance |
| indiscriminate | carelessly chosen |
| interminable | unending |
| matron | a mature woman |
| paradox | seemingly self-contradictory situation |
| percieve | to come to have an understanding of |
| prognosticate | to be able to tell what will happen in the future |
| realm | someone's special field |
| replete | completely filled with |
| steeped | to be completely soaked in something |
| technology | related to science of engineering |
| tinge | a small amount of |
| voracious | desiring huge amount |
| "to eat humble pie" | to admit your error and apologize |
| "a pig in a poke" | an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment |
| "a flash in the pan" | promising at the start, but then disappointing |
| "to pour oil on troubled waters" | to make peace; to calm someone down |
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