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Vocabulary Unit 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| be | thoroughly |
| ab | away, from |
| a, an | not, without |
| cide, cis | to kill, to cut |
| hypo | below, less than |
| jac, ject | to throw |
| aberrant | deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal |
| abhorrent | disgusting, loathsome, or repellant |
| anarchy | a state of society without government or law |
| anemia | a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness |
| apathy | absence of emotion or excitement |
| bedecked | to adorn or ornament in a showy fashion |
| besmirch | to soil; tarnish; discolor |
| excision | the act of removal; the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue |
| hypodermic | characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin |
| hypoglycemia | an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood |
| incision | a cutting into, esp. for surgical purposes |
| interject | to insert between other things |
| matricide | the act of killing one's mother |
| trajectory | the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight |