"A Sound of Thunder" Bradbury Vocabulary

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stagnating

(adjective) becoming foul or rotten from lack of movement (verb: stagnate)

subliminal

(adjective) below the level of consciousness

expendable

(adjective) not worth keeping; not essential

resilient

(adjective) strong but flexible; able to withstand stress without injury

infinitesimally

(adverb) in amounts so small as to be barely measureable

paradox

(noun) a statement or an event that sounds impossible but seems to be true

annihilate

(verb) to destroy completely

correlate

(verb) to figure out or create a relationship between two items or events

undulate

(verb) to move in waves or in a smooth, wavelike motion

malfunctioning

not working or operating properly (verb: malfunction)


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