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vocab_drabbles2022-07-29 11:32 am
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Entry tags:
#011 Emulate - #012 Achronistic
This week's words are
#011: Emulate
[ˈemyəˌlāt]
VERB
match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
[əˌnakrəˈnistik]
ADJECTIVE
1. belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
2. belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.
#011: Emulate
[ˈemyəˌlāt]
VERB
match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
#012: Anachronistic
[əˌnakrəˈnistik]
ADJECTIVE
1. belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
2. belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.
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"Sam had learned to emulate those around him in order to fit in with whatever time he'd leaped into, despite it seeming anachronistic to this time traveler from the future."