voracious - desiring or consuming in large quantity.

indiscriminate - choosing at random without careful selection.

eminent - of high reputation, outstanding.

steeped - soaked, drenched, saturated.

replete - completely filled or supplied with.

To eat humble pie - to admit your error and apologize.

matron - an older, married woman.

automaton - a robot; a mechanical person.

abound - to exist in large numbers.

prognosticate - to predict or foretell a future event.

a pig in poke - a failed purchase; a disappointment.

paradox - a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self - contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true.

realm - special field of something or someone; kingdom.

annals - historical records.