How Dogs Are Sniffing Out COVID-19 Flashcards

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Rival

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verb

To be equal to something else

No one can rival his leadership abilities.

Their performance rivals that of their competition.

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Devastating

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adjective

Very destructive / severe shock

I had to give her the devastating news of her father’s death.

The earthquake was the most devastating one the city has ever seen.

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Unwittingly

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adverb

Doing something without knowing you’re doing it

You could be unwittingly spreading the virus to others.

I apologize for any confusion I might have caused unwittingly.

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Unintentionally

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adverb

Not on purpose

I unintentionally forgot to remind her of the meeting.

His lawyers unintentionally made that information public.

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Contagious

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adjective

A disease that can be spread from one person to another

Luckily cancers are not contagious.

They have opened their windows to stop contagious viruses from spreading.

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Body odor

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noun

The smell of a person’s body

He tries to disguise his body odor with a lot of deodorant.

She can’t stand her husband’s body odor.

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Diagnostic

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noun

The technique of identifying a disease

Her cancer diagnostic came back negative.

They are trying to revolutionize HIV diagnostics.

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Distinctive

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adjective

Something that is easy to recognize because it is different from other things

Natto has a very distinctive texture and smell.

She has a very distinctive singing voice.

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Detect

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verb

To identify / discover something

They were able to make money by detecting small changes in the market.

We were able to detect small fluctuations in the temperature.

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Deploy

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verb

To use something / someone in an effective way

I was able to deploy all of my skills in my new job.

We will be able to deploy all our new workers to our new offices.

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