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Idioms
100
of high expectation, outstanding
What is eminent?
100
a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
What is technology?
100
1) special field of something or someone 2) a kingdom
What is realm?
100
to understand, know, or become aware of
What is perceive?
100
to make peace, to calm someone down
What is "pour oil on troubled waters"?
200
desiring or comsuming great quantities
What is varacious?
200
a robot; a mechanical "person"
What is an automaton?
200
historical records
What is the word annals?
200
to pester, nag, annoy persistently
What is badger?
200
to admit your error and apologize
What is "to eat humble pie"?
300
soaked, drenched, saturated
What is steeped?
300
to exist in great numbers
What is abound?
300
to increase or add to
What is compound?
300
unpleasant, dull, or hard work
What is drudgery?
300
promising at the start but then disappointing
What is "a flash in the pan"?
400
choosing at random without careful selection
What is indiscriminate?
400
an older married woman
What is a matron?
400
a trace, a smattering, or slight degree
What is tinge?
400
to plead urgently for aid or mercy
What is implore?
400
an item you purchse without having seen; a disappointment
What is "a pig in a poke"?
500
completely filled or supplied with
What is replete?
500
to predict or foretell a future event
What is prognosticate?
500
a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self- contradictory but in fact which may turn out to be true
What is a paradox?
500
unending
What is interminable?
500
The idiom "it is a lemon" describes an item that doesn't work very well and is similar to this other idiom from Week 1.
What is "a pig in a poke"?