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23 Cards in this Set
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voracious
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Desiring or consuming great quantities
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Indiscriminate
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Choosing at random without careful selection
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Eminent
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A high repetition outstanding
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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 with
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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 with engineering applied science etc.
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automaton
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A robot a mechanical person
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Prognosticate
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To predict or foretell a future event
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Paradox
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A 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
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Compound (v.)
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To increase or add to
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tinge (n.)
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A trace smattering or slight degree
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Badger (v.)
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To pester nag annoy persistently
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Implore
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To plead urgently for aid or mercy
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drudgery
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Unpleasant dull or hard work
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interminable
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unending
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Perceive
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To understand know become aware of
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To eat humble pie
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To admit your error and apologize
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A pig in a poke
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An item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment
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A flash in the pan
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Promising at the start but then disappointing
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To pour oil on troubled waters
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To make peace, to calm someone down
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