Group 17 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Alleviate
To make easier or endure. To lessen pain. Mitigate
Acclimate
To accustom of become accustomed to a new situation
Deleterious
Harmful. Injurious. Harmful to living things
Enervate
To destroy or lessen the strength of. Weaken
Fatigue
Mental or physical weariness resulting from labor or exertion.
Infectious
Capable of causing infection. Easily communicated
Innocuous
Having no adverse effect. Harmless
Malaise
A vague feeling or condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort.
Malignant
Threatening to well being. Disposed to do evil. Very dangerous
Morbid
Suggesting an unhealthy mental state. Characterized by unwholesome thoughts
Pandemic
An epidemic that is widespread throughout a region or the world
Parasite
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
Remedy
Something that cures or relieves a disease. Disorder. Or problem
Resilience
The capability to recover readily from illness or misfortune
Revitalize
To give new life to
Robust
Full of strength or hate
Soporific
Causing to tending to cause sleep
Sustain
To support. To keep in existence. To supply necessities
Symptomatic
Relating to a symptom. Indicative
Thrive
To prosper. To make steady progress. To grow vigorously