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1100—List 1 1. voracious - desiring or consuming great quantities
2. indiscriminate - choosing at random without careful selection
3. eminent - of high reputation, outstanding
4. steeped - soaked, drenched, or saturated
5. replete - completely filled or supplied with
6. abound - to exist in great numbers
7. technology - branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.
8. prognosticate - to predict or foretell a future event
9. automaton - a robot; a mechanical "person"
10. matron - an older married woman
11. paradox - a statement which at first seems to be absurd or self contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
12. realm - special field of something or someone; kingdom
13. annals - historical records
14. compound - to increase or add to
15. tinge - a trace, smattering, or slight degree
16. badger - to pester, nag, annoy persistently
17. implore - to plead urgently for aid or mercy
18. drudgery - unpleasant, dull, or hard work
19. interminable - unending
20. perceive - to understand, know, become aware of
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