1. replete (adj.) (～を充分に備えて）: completely filled or supplied with
The football game was replete with excitement and great plays.
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The dishes in the fancy restaurant were replete with frest meat, fish, vegetables, and sweets. / The park has a garden replete with colorful flowers. (Blue color letters were corrected by RJ tutors.)
2. eminent (adj. ) (著名な): of high reputation, outstanding
The eminent author received the Nobel Prize for literature.
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This winter I would like to read "the Good Earth" written by an eminent writer Pearl S. Buck.
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My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.
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My husband was so steeped in gardening that he forgot to have his lunch.
4. voracious (adj.) がつがつと食う : desiring or consuming great quantities
After skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
(my original sentence)
I had to skip breakfast that morning, so I had a voracious appetite for lunch.
5. indiscriminate (adj.) 無差別の: choosing at random without careful selection
Modern warfare often results in the indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike.
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I was so sad when I heard the news about the indiscriminate killings in California.
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Week 1 Day 2
1. prognosticate (vt.) ～を予知する: to predict or foretell a future event
The mayor refused to prognosticate as to his margin of victory in the election.
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The fortune teller was popular among celebrities in prognostiacting their future by reading tarot cards.
2. automaton (noun coountable) ロボット: a robot; a mechanical "person"
The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by automaton.
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Compared with my childhood days, POS (Point Of Sales) are more efficient nowadays because they are using automaton.
3. matron (noun countable) (既婚のご婦人）: an older married woman
A clever salesman will always ask a matron if her mother is at home.
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I feel disgusted when I am called "obasan" which means matron in Japanese language. I would highly appreciate if you call me "one san" which means "big sister."
4. abound (vi.) たくさんある : to exist in great numbers
The western plains used to abound with bison before those animals were slaughtered by settlers.
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We found hairy caterpillars abound in our maple tree last summer, so the tree didn't grow many leaves this autumn.
5. technology (noun countable / uncountable) 科学技術
Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific technology.
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I feel lucky because I was born in Japan which has an advanced technology.
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