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.