Lesson 10 Vocab Flashcards
(10 cards)
Debilitate
To sap strength or the energy of; to weaken
Atrophy
To waste away; to wither or deteriorate
Wasting away or deterioration, often due to disease, injury, or lack of use
Livid
Di colored; as from a bruise; black-and-blue
Pale or ashen
Furious with anger
Moribund
About to die
On the verge of becoming obsolete or outdated
Noxious
Poisonous or harmful to living things; injurious to health
Pestilence
A usually fatal epidemic disease; anything regarded as harmful or dangerous
Prostrate
To reduce to extreme weakness; to overcome
To lie flat or at full length
Reduced to extreme weakness; overcome
Lying flat, face down, at full length
Salubrious
Conducive or favorable to health or well-being
Scourge
A cause of great harm, affliction, or devestation, such a war
To afflict with sever suffering; to ravage
Unscathed
Not harmed; uninjured
