Group 17 Flashcards

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Alleviate

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To make easier or endure. To lessen pain. Mitigate

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Acclimate

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To accustom of become accustomed to a new situation

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Deleterious

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Harmful. Injurious. Harmful to living things

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Enervate

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To destroy or lessen the strength of. Weaken

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Fatigue

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Mental or physical weariness resulting from labor or exertion.

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Infectious

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Capable of causing infection. Easily communicated

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Innocuous

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Having no adverse effect. Harmless

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Malaise

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A vague feeling or condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort.

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Malignant

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Threatening to well being. Disposed to do evil. Very dangerous

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Morbid

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Suggesting an unhealthy mental state. Characterized by unwholesome thoughts

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Pandemic

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An epidemic that is widespread throughout a region or the world

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Parasite

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An organism that lives in or on another and from which it obtains nourishment. One who takes advantage of others without making any useful return

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Remedy

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Something that cures or relieves a disease. Disorder. Or problem

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Resilience

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The capability to recover readily from illness or misfortune

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Revitalize

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To give new life to

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Robust

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Full of strength or hate

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Soporific

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Causing to tending to cause sleep

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Sustain

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To support. To keep in existence. To supply necessities

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Symptomatic

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Relating to a symptom. Indicative

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Thrive

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To prosper. To make steady progress. To grow vigorously