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ANNIHILATE

To destroy completely

EXPENDABLE

Unnecessary

“So the caveman starves. And the caveman, please note, is not just any expendable man,

no! He is an entire future nation.”

TEEMING

Swarming, overflowing

PARADOX

Something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities

RESILIENT

Elastic; able to recover quickly from misfortune or difficulty

REMIT

To give back payment

UNDULATE

To move in waves

REVOKE

Cancel, withdraw

PRIMEVAL

Primitive; of the earliest times

SUBLIMINAL

Below the level of consciousness, hidden

“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.”

CLIMAX

Most emotional moment in a story, when the outcome of the conflict is finally revealed