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Vocabulary#5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| epidemic | n. wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region. |
| pandemic | n. a disease that spreads quickly through human populations all over the world |
| bacteria | n. tiny |
| vomit 1 | v. to bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth; |
| vomit 2 | n. food or other substances that come up from your stomach and through your mouth when you vomit |
| invade | v. to enter without an invitation |
| victim | n. a person or animal that is mistreated or attacked by someone or something else |
| diarrhea | n. an abnormal frequent flow of loose or watery stools that can lead to dehydration |
| unsanitary | adj. dirty |
| inadequate | adj. not good enough |
| transmit | v. to send from one person or location to another |
| peak | n. the highest point (of something); the most extreme possible amount or value |
| isolated | adj. separated from others; under forced isolation especially for health reasons |
| persist | v. to keep doing sth |
| evolve | v. to develop and change gradually over time |
| wipe out | v. to destroy |
| contagious | adj. able to be passed easily from one person to another |
| climax | n. the most exciting moment of the story; turning point |
| virus | n. an extremely small organism which causes disease in humans |
| circulate | v. to move around an area or a place |
| mutate | v. to change into something new |
| vicious | adj. unpleasantly strong or severe |
| suffocation | n. killing by depriving of oxygen |
| combat 1 | v. to try to stop something bad from happening or getting worse; |
| combat 2 | n. a fight or battle |
| force 1 | n. the amount of power; |
| force 2 | v. to make someone do something they do not want to do |
| bury | v. to put someone's dead body in the ground |
| substantial | adj. great in value or size |
| hard | adj. difficult to do or understand |
| partially | adv. in part |
| ravage | v. to destroy |
| ebb | v. to decrease or decline slowly |
| lack of | n. when there is not enough of something |
| fit | adj. healthy and strong |
| moral/ethical | adj. based on what you think is right and good |
| precious | adj. having great value |
| innate | adj. having from birth; occurring naturally rather than being learned |
| subdue | v. to prevent your emotions from showing or being too strong |
| disillusionment | n. freeing from false belief or illusions; |
| pace | n. the speed at which something happens or is done |
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