The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Glossary

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Transmit

Broadcast, Relay, Telecast (Verb).

Apparatus

Equipment, Gadget, Gear (Noun).

Annoyed

Irritated, Displeased (Adjective).

Insubordination

Disobedience, Indiscipline, Misconduct (Noun).

Inoculated

Immunize, Vaccinate (Verb).

Deplorable

Regrettable, Lamentable (Adjective).

Depredation

Plundering, Pillaging, Ransacking (Noun).

Consternation

Dismay, Disquiet, Trepidation (Noun).

Precipitate

Trigger, Spark, Provoke (Verb).

Enormous

Huge, Gigantic, Massive (Adjective).

Instantaneous

Immediate, Prompt, Swift (Adjective).

Dissipate

Dissolve, Vanish, Evaporate (Verb).

Embonpoint

Plumpness, The fleshy parts of human body (Noun).

Trepidation

Disquiet, Perturbation, Anxiety (Noun).

Posterity

Progeny, Descendants, Heirs, Future generations (Noun).

Exorbitant

Excessive, Unreasonable, Inflated, Extortionate (Adjective).

Incommensurable

Incomparable (Adjective).

Detriment

Damage, Injury, Loss (Noun).

Surmise

Conjecture, Suspect, Deduce (Verb).

Evaporation

Vaporization (Noun).

Triumphant

Victorious, Successful, Exultant (Adjective).

Perpetual

Eternal, Everlasting, Perennial (Adjective).

Exterminate

Kill, Destroy (Verb).

Preordained

Predestined, Predetermined (Adjective).

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