Week 31 Vocabulary

Inevitable

• Certain to happen, unavoidable
• Something that can be prevented or avoided if you take the right actions.
• Perceptible by touch
• Truly what something is said to be; authentic

Monotonous

• Lacking in variety and interest, repetitive
• Having many different types or forms, not just one kind.
• To say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future
• To announce or proclaim something officially

Provoke

• To cause a reaction or emotion, especially a strong feeling of anger or excitement
• To make someone feel calm or less worried, usually by comforting or reassuring them.
• To use up (resources or reserves) completely
• To become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution

Genre

• A particular type or category of literature, music, or art
• Not any; nothing at all.
• Arranged in the order in which events happened
• To move from one place to another

Origin

• The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived
• The final decision or judgment reached after considering all the facts and information.
• To feel intense dislike or disgust for
• To use up the supply or resources of something

Expanse

• A wide and open area or surface
• Something that restricts or sets a boundary on what you can do or achieve.
• Resembling without being identical; having a likeness in appearance or nature
• The total or partial blocking of one object in space by another

Primitive

• Relating to an early stage in evolutionary or historical development
• Relating to the present time or recent times; not old-fashioned or outdated.
• To make larger or longer in size or amount
• To fall or drop straight down at high speed

Superior

• Higher in rank, status, or quality
• Of lower quality or importance compared to something else.
• A severe flood
• To discuss something formally in order to reach an agreement

Siege

• A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender
• The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without being controlled or limited by others.
• A stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features
• An advantage or profit gained from something

Strategy

• A plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim
• Happening, done, or chosen without method or conscious decision; occurring by chance.
• Taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration
• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state