Vocab!!

Question 1

SWIFT; FAST MOVING; UNCONTROLLED

A PRECIPICE IS A STEEP CLIF

Answer 1

PRECIPICE

Question 2

An opening or an empty area

Dental fillings are used to treat cavities

Answer 2

Cavity

Question 3

Having mixed feelings

Some loved her some hated few were ambivalent about her

Answer 3

Ambivalent

Question 4

A sum total of many things

The council was an aggregate of three regional assembly

Answer 4

Aggregate

Question 5

Cure; A solution or remedy

The panacea for all corporate ills

Answer 5

Panacea

Question 6

Scar or healed wound

He had a cicatrix from his injury in the war

Answer 6

Cicatrix

Question 7

Control; protection

Negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the us

Answer 7

Aegis

Question 8

The environment condition or setting

He grew up in a military milieu

Answer 8

Milieu

Question 9

Beginning suddenly or abruptly

The mucus this is produced during the paroxysmal stage is thicker and more difficult to clear.

Answer 9

Paroxysmal

Question 10

Showing advance development

She was a precocious child

Answer 10

Precocious

Question 11

A rapid increase in number

At his appointment the doctor explained the proliferation of the tumor leads to it growing rapidly.

Answer 11

Proliferation

Question 12

Unrestrained

The political party was rampant

Answer 12

Rampant

Question 13

Reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done

Surgery may also be contraindicated for more general reasons of increased operative risk.

Answer 13

Contraindication

Question 14

Press downward; to make someone feel dejected

The first day of school made her nervous and she was depressed.

Answer 14

Depress

Question 15

Only lasting for a short period of time

Fashion trends are ephemeral.

Answer 15

Ephemeral

Question 16

The cause or origin of disease

The etiology of asthmas is unknown

Answer 16

Etiology

Question 17

To cough up phlegm from the lungs and out of the mouth (spit)

The patient began to expectorate small amount of blood

Answer 17

Expectorate

Question 18

Exaggeration; making something more than it is

He ran faster than the speed of light is an example of an hyperbole.

Answer 18

Hyperbole

Question 19

Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion

The kinetic energy of the molecules

Answer 19

Kinetic

Question 20

Changing rapidly and often

Patients whose blood pressure is labile

Answer 20

Labile

Question 21

Of a route or journey , longer than the most direct way

The driver followed a circuitous way

Answer 21

Circuitous

Question 22

Very careful and hardworking

She is an assiduous nurse

Answer 22

Assiduous

Question 23

Showing sympathy, understand generosity

The saint jude foundation has a reputation of a very benevolent spirit

Answer 23

Benevolent

Question 24

Muscles secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth.

The nurse needed to collect sputum

Answer 24

Sputum

Question 25

Sound knowledge , judegment and foresight He was a man of great medical sagacity.

Answer 25

Sagacity

Question 26

Adverse, negative, or unseemly They both acted as if nothing untoward had happened between them

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Untoward

Question 27

Everywhere at once; found everywhere Wi-Fi connections are ubiquitous

Answer 27

Ubiquitous

Question 28

Dull; uncommon His words sounded trite to me

Answer 28

Trite

Question 29

Lasting for only a short period of time or duration In the ER there is a transient population of millions of patients each year

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Transient

Question 30

To the point; concise Her presentation was terse

Answer 30

Terse

Question 31

Determined without change or doubt A tenacious plan

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Tenacious

Question 32

A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; uncertain belief There were working on a supposition that his death was a murder

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Supposition

Question 33

More than is needed, desired or necessary The report contained a mass of superfluous details

Answer 33

Superfluous

Question 34

Under the tongue The medication was to be administrated sublingual

Answer 34

Sublingual

Question 35

A liquids resistance to flow Plasma viscosity can be used as an indirect measure of the amount of protein present in the blood

Answer 35

Viscosity

Question 36

To regard with much respect Ancient civilizations venerated the moon, stars, and the sun

Answer 36

Venerate

Question 37

Worthy of respect because of wisdom or age As an M.D. for 40 years she was considered venerable

Answer 37

Venerable

Question 38

Serving to alleviate pain The anodyne properties of certain drugs

Answer 38

Anodyne

Question 39

Incapable of being corrected or amended The plague was incorrigible in the time it took place

Answer 39

Incorrigible

Question 40

Lacking material substance; marked by unusual delicacy or refinement It was the smallest most ethereal and dainties bird.

Answer 40

Ethereal

Question 41

Effectiveness ; the power to produce a desired result I questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft

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Efficacy

Question 42

Characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset The pain of childbirth may often be acute

Answer 42

Acute

Question 43

Obvious; easily seen; not secret or hidden She was showing an overt symptom to the fly

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Overt

Question 44

To go over and mentally take in the content of ; take notes She perused the manuscript checking for grammatical errors

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Perused

Question 45

Showing or expressing respect and high regard to a superior or elder She listened with deferential attention to her grandfather

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Deferential

Question 46

Enlarged, expanded, or stretched out (from internal pressure) The abdomen was mildly dissented with moderate tenderness

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Distended

Question 47

To endow with life or renewed life; animate Rains that vilify the barren hills

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Vivify

Question 48

Favoring to start wars or quarrels The children became bellicose after too much time in the moving car

Answer 48

Bellicose

Question 49

Following or accruing after death He made a posthumous donation to the clinic

Answer 49

Posthumous

Question 50

A judgement involving condemnation; denounce it Unorthodox practices awaiting the censure of the city council

Answer 50

Censure

Question 51

To diffuse through or penetrate something Quick action kept the disease from permeating the general population

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Permeate

Question 52

A break in skin/ mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue A sore with disintegration of tissue might be called an ulcer.

Answer 52

Ulcer

Question 53

Marked by feeling of great happiness and excitement He knew he was going to win big, he was euphoric about it

Answer 53

Euphoric

Question 54

Having the ventral surface of a body facing downward The patient is laying prone next to the monitor

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Prone

Question 55

To reduce violence of a disease Travel is like a palliative against depression for him

Answer 55

Palliative

Question 56

Pregnant She was very Gravid

Answer 56

Gravid

Question 57

The hospital accepts a certain quota of indigent patients. Indigent: in need

Answer 57

Indigent