(adj.)Craving or consuming large quantities of food.; exceedingly eager or avid.

Because I do not eat breakfast or lunch at school, I am usually voracious by the time I get home in the afternoon.

(adj.) Not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity.

A person who randomly picks a book without judging its cover, is being indiscriminant.

(adj.) high in station, rank, or repute;  prominent; distinguished.

A King is eminent in his kingdom, as opposed to a random commoner.

(v.) To occur or exist in great quantities or numbers.

Flowers and grass often abound the floor of the prairie.

(n.) A married woman, esp. one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.

The matron of the villiage was a wise old woman, who often gave advice to the adolescent about life.

(n.) A Statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

"War is peace." is a paradox because it sounds like it contradicts itself while it actually means a possible truth.

(n.) A royal domain; kingdom

The king ruled over the realm of England.

(v.) To put together into a whole; combine

In order to make the head of a snow man, who must first compound the soft snow into a ball.

(n.) A slight admixture, as of some qualifying property of characteristic; trace; smattering

There is a tinge of brown on the skin of the apple, because it has become bruised.

(v.) to harass or urge persistently; pestering; nag

The boy will always badger his mom by begging and nagging, everytime he sees a new toy.

(v.) To beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat

The slave would implore for mercy whenever he made a mistake, towards his master.

(n.) Menial, distateful, dull, or hard work

Part of being in an A.P. U.S. History class, is that you will face drudgery.

(adj.) Monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant.

A 3 year old will often be interminable when begging for a new toy. Only untill he gets it, whill he seise.

(n.) An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its constituent elements.

When the boy said to eat humble pie, I thought he would give me a slice.

(n.) An account of a person's life written by someone else

I tried to write a biography of my mother's life, starting from her birth to the present.

(n.) An account of a person's life written by that person.

When I grow 20, I want people to know about my whole life, so I wrote an autobiography.

(n.) A record of events written by a person having knowledge of them and based on personal observation.

 I wanted to tell people about my 5th grade year in elementary because it was the most dramatic time, so I wrote a memoir.

Act submissively and apologetically, especially in admitting an error.

After yelling at my sister, I kew I had to say sorry and eat humble pie.

Something which dissapoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning.

When I think I have a good idea, but it just turns out to be amateur, I felt like it was a flash in the pan.

To attempt to calm a problematic situation.

I tried to pour oil on troubled waters when I saw my two siblings fighting.