Vocabulary Flashcards
(128 cards)
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Abate
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Become less than amount or intensity
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Abbreviate
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To shorten or abridge
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Abdicate
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To give or leave
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Abrupt
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Changing or terminating suddenly
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Abstain
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Refrain; choose to avoid or not participate
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Access
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Means of approach or admission
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Accountable
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Liable or responsible
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Adhere
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Hold closely to an idea or course; be devoted
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Adverse
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Harmful to one’s interests; unfortunate
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Adversity
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A state of burden or hard ship
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Affect
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Change or influence
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Anecdote
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Short story or an account of an event
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Annual
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Occurring or returning once a year
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Apply
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Bring into physical contact; lay on; bring into operation
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Assiduous
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Very careful and hard-working
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Benevolent
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Showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
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Bias
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An unfair preference or dislike
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Bilateral
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Having two sides
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Boisterous
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Rough, rowdy, unruly
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Brazen
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Bold or unrestrained by normal standards
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Brusque
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Attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff
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Capacious
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Large in size or capacity
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Cast
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A molded protective device used to Support broken bones
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Cavity
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Any hollow place or space
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Circuitous
Lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout
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Collateral
Adjoining or accompanying
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Compassion
Awareness and sympathy for the suffering of others
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Compensatory
Making up for; offsetting; paying for
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Concave
With an outline or surface curved inward
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Concise
Brief and compact
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Conditional
Dependent on something else being done
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Constrict
Cause to shrink, cramp, crush
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Contingent
Depending on something not certain; conditional
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Contour
The outline of a figure or shape
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Contract
Legal or business agreement; Acquire a habit or disease
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Contraindication
Discouragement of the use of a treatment
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Copious
Abundant and plentiful
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Defecate
Bowl movement
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Deficit
Shortage; Excess of liability over assets
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Deleterious
Harmful or deadly to living things
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Depress
Weaken; sadden
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Depth
Deepness; Distance measured downward, inward, or backward
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Deteriorating
Growing worse; reducing and worth; impairing
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Device
A gadget; a mechanical device
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Diagnosis
Analysis of a present condition
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Diameter
A line dividing a circle into halves; it’s length
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Digression
A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus
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Dilate
Expand; big larger; distend
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Diligent
Persistent and hardworking
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Dilute
We can buy a mixture of water or other liquid; reduce and strength
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Discrete
Separate; discontinuous
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Distended
Dilated, expanded, or swollen
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Dysfunction
Impaired functioning
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Empathy
Understanding of another’s feelings
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Endogenous
Something produced within the body
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Vital
Pertaining to life; alive; essential to existence or well-being
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Virus
An agent of infection
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Verbal
Expressed in words; oral, Not written
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Venerate
To regard with much respect
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Venerable
Worthy of respect because of wisdom or age
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Vascular
Pertaining to bodily ducks that convey fluid
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Untoward
Unfavorable; troublesome
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Trite
Dull; common
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Triage
The act of sorting war categorizing conditions and diseases in preparation for treatment
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Trauma
A bodily injury or mental shock
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Transmission
The act or result of sending something along or onward to a recipient or destination
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Transient
Lasting for only a short time or duration
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Transdermal
Passing through the skin
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Therapeutic
Pertaining to the curing of disease; having remedial effect
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Terse
To the point; concise
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Tenacious
Determined without change or doubt from the Plan
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Tactful
Showing concern to not offend others
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Syndrome
A set of symptoms that characterize a certain disease or condition
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Symptom
A sign or indication of a problem or disease
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Symmetric
Similar proportion in this size or shape of something
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Superfluous
More than is needed, desired, or necessary
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Superficial
Shallow in character and attitude; only concerned with things on the surface
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Sublingual
Beneath the tongue
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Strict
Precise; exacting; severe
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Status
Relative standing; position; condition
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Scrutinize
Examine closely and carefully
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Sagacity
Sound knowledge, judgment, and foresight
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Renal
Pertaining to the kidneys
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Recur
Appear again; return
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Rationale
Rational basis for something; justification
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Prudent
Careful and sensible; using good judgment
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Prognosis
A forecast
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Pre-dispose
Give a tendency or inclination to; dispose in advance
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Precocious
Showing advance development or maturity at an early age
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Precipitous
Overhasty; rash; uncontrolled
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Pragmatic
Concerned with practical matters and results
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Posterior
Located in back or rear
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Pathology
The science of the nature and origin of disease
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Pathogenic
Causing disease
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Patent
Open for all to read; plain; obvious
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Paroxysmal
Having to do with the spasm or violent outburst
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Parameter
A variable quantity whose values depend on a special case
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Paradox
Appearing conflicting or contradictory
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Oral
Spoken, not written; pertaining to the mouth
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Ominous
For telling disaster; threatening
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Occluded
Shut in or out; Closed; absorbed
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Neurovascular
Pertaining to the nervous system and blood vessel
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Musculoskeletal
Pertaining to the muscles and the skeleton
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Neurologic
Dealing with the nervous system
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Manifestation
A demonstration or display
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Longevity
Having a long life
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Lethargic
Not wanting to move; sluggish
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Latent
Hidden; dormant; undeveloped
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Languid
Tired and slow
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Labile
Apt to lapse or err; unstable
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Intuitive
To know by instinct alone
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Incidence
Frequency of range of occurrence; extent of ethics
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Impetuous
Undo heist without thought of consequences
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Impaired
Made it worse, damaged, or weekend
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Imminent
Very likely to happen
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Hypothesis
A theory that has not yet been tested or investigated
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Hyperbole
Exaggerating; making something more than it is
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Hematologic
Dealing with the blood
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Gastro intestinal
Pertaining to the stomach and intestines
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Garble
Confusing, not understandable
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Fortuitous
Occurring by happy chance
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Extenuating
Diminish the seriousness of something
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Exogenous
Something produced outside the body
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Exasperate
Worsen, make angry, or frustrate
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Exacerbate
Make more bitter, angry, or violent; irritate or aggravate
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Ephemeral
Lasting only for a short period of time
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Enervating
Causing debilitation
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