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Barron W1 Days 3 & 4 (H), plus review

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annals"(n) record of events year to year, historical records (Latin annales, 'yearly')"
badger"(v) ask someone repeatedly or annoyingly, to pester or persistently nag"
compound"(v) to increase or add to, make (something bad) worse, intensify the negative aspects of (Latin, componere, 'put together')"
drudgery"(n) unpleasant, menial, dull, or hard work"
implore"(v) beg somone earnestly or desperately to do something, to plead urgently for aid or mercy, (Latin implorare, 'to invoke with tears')"
interminable"(adj) unending, endless, (Latin, interminabilis, from in - 'not' + terminare)"
paradox"(n) a statement that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable or self-contradictory but may turn out to be true"
perceive"(v) come aware of or conscious of something; realize or understand (Latin, percipere 'seize, understand')"
realm"(n) a field or domain of activity or interest, kingdom"
tinge"(n) a tendency toward or trace of something, a smattering, or slight degree (Latin dingere 'to dip or color)"
eminent"(adj) -of a person - famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession, of high reputation, outstanding, ( Latin eminent, 'jutting, projecting)"
indiscriminate"(adj) done at random or without careful judgment, haphazard, not selective, (Latin in [not] + discriminatus)"
prognosticate"(v) foretell or prophesy a future event, predict, (Latin, prognasticare, 'make a prediction')"
replete"(adj) filled with or well supplied with, completely filled, (Latin repletus, 'filled up')"
steeped"(v) soak or saturate with water, surrounded or filled with a quality or influence, drenched"



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