ASOUNDOFTHUNDERVOCABULARY

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Capable of springing back into shape or position

Extremely smalltoo small to be measured
Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original
stage or state
Not strictly necessary; capable of being sacrificed
To kill in large numbers
Something that seems illogical, contradictory
To send money in payment
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually hurtful way

1. Annihilate (verb) With a stamp of your foot, you annihilate

first one, then a dozen, then a thousand, a million, a billion
possible mice.
a. Definition:
To kill in large numbers
b. Original sentence:
The nukes annihilated the entirety of Japan.
2. Expendable (adjective) And the caveman, please note, is not
just any expendable man, no!
a. Definition:
Not strictly necessary; capable of being sacrificed
b. Original sentence:
The battalion was an expendable force mainly used for distractions.
3. Infinitesimal (adjective) Crushing certain plants could add up
infinitesimally.
a. Definition:
Extremely smalltoo small to be measured
b. Original sentence:
The cube was infinitesimally small.
4. Paradox (noun) Thats a paradox, said the latter.
a. Definition:
Something that seems illogical, contradictory
b. Original sentence:

A jumbo shrimp is a paradox because the two statements are

contradictory.

5. Primeval (adjective) Eckels turned slowly to regard the

primeval garbage dump, that hill of nightmares and terror.
a. Definition:
Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original
stage or state
b. Original sentence:
The slopes of the plateau which face the rain-bringing monsoon are in
some places covered with primeval forest, in which timber is plentiful.
6. Remit (verb) Well remit half your fee.
a. Definition:
To send money in payment
b. Original sentence:
Medieval ceremonies are described as useful but without power
to remit sins.
7. Resilient (adjective) It came on great oiled, resilient, striding
legs.
a. Definition:
Capable of springing back into shape or position
b. Original sentence:
The bacteria were resilient to antibiotics.
8. Subtle (adjective) Eckels stood smelling of the air, and there
was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle, so slight, that
only a faint cry of his subliminal senses warned him it was
there.
a. Definition:
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually hurtful way
b. Original sentence:
Ninjas are very subtle.