- Abate-to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; nullify; to deduct, omit
- Abdicate– to give up a position, right, or power
- Abrogate-to repeal, cancel, declare null and void; to escape or avoid
- Abscond-to run off and hide
- Abstain- Refrain
- Abstemious-self denying; refraining from indulging
- Accede-to yield to; to give consent
- Accolade-tribute; honor; praise
- Accost-to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
- Acme-the highest point; pinnacle
- acute-New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic; severe
- Adhere- Hold fast
- Adversity– Hardship; misfortune
- Aegis- responsibility
- Affable – happy/ easy to get along with
- Affect- Influence
- Anticipate- Predict
- Apparent-obvious; overt
- Assemble- Gather
- Assured– Made known to
- Augment– Add too
- Austere– severe or stern in manner
- Austere– severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
- Bilateral- Two sided
- Buttress- Support
- Cease – Stop / End
- Concave- Sunken/ rounded inward
- Concise-brief and to the point
- Conflate-to bring together; to merge into a composite whole
- Consternation-feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
- Contemplating- Pondering
- Contingence-touching; contact.
- Contrite-feeling regret or guilt for having committed some wrongdoing
- Cystoscopy-visual examination of the urinary bladder
- Dichotomy-contrast between two things
- disdain-to regard with scorn; lack of respect
- Distended – Enlarged
- Effect – cause to happen/ bring about
- Enervating-weakening, tiring, debilitating
- Environment- the positive and negative aspects of a home
- Ephemeral – short time period
- Ephemeral– lasting a very short time
- Etiology – Cause
- Evisceration– Removal of organs
- exemplary-worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
- Exacerbated – frustrated/annoyed
- Exiguous– small in amount; minute; insufficient or inadequate
- Expedite – Rush/Fast
- Extenuating– serving to lessen the seriousness of an offense; to forgive or pardon
- Extirpate-to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
- Extirpate-to destroy totally
- Feckless-lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
- Flux– Discharge
- Fortitude -strength and endurance in a difficult situation
- Fortuitous-accidental, occurring by a happy chance
- Garable-mix up or confuse
- Goad-To provoke or annoy to get a reaction
- Hedge-Loss, to avoid or to lessen
- Holistic– concerning the whole rather than the parts
- Hyperbole-exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
- Illustrious-very famous, distinguished
- Impetuous-acting or done quickly and without thought or care
- Impetus-That which drives one, motivation, momentum
- Inauspicious-ominous, unfavorable future
- Incessant-Continuing without interruption
- inconsequential-unimportant
- Indigent- Impoverished
- Indigent-poor, needy
- Inferior- Below
- innocuous-harmless
- Insidious– Gradual
- Insidious- Gradual
- Insidious-proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
- Inure-to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
- Invalid– injured
- Invasive – Internal
- Irrevocable-not able to be changed or reversed
- Labile-Changing rapidly and often
- Laconic– using few words
- Languid-slow, sluggish, listless, weak
- Liable- Rapidly changing
- Lucid – Coherent
- Malign– to speak evil of, slander; (adj.) evil, malevolent or harmful
- Malinger-to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
- Mélange – Mixture
- Milieu-environment or setting
- Mordant-bitingly sarcastic; joking
- Motif-recurring theme, subject or an idea
- Observation – Surveillance
- Obstinate-stubborn; unyielding
- Onerous-burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
- Overwrought-extremely nervous or excited
- Panacea-remedy for all ailments
- Paradox-a contradiction or dilemma
- Paroxysm– Convulsion
- Paucity-scarcity; presence of something only in small or insufficient amounts
- Pediculosis-infestation with lice
- Placate-to appease, soothe, pacify
- Portend– to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
- Postulant-Something suggested to be true based off of reasoning, belief or discussion
- Potassium-alkali metal
- Precaution- Preventative measure
- Precipitous-extremely steep
- Precocious-showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
- Prehensile-adapted for grasping or holding
- Prognosis- Expected Outcome
- Proscribe-to prohibit or forbid something
- Protracted-Extended in time; prolonged
- Prudent-acting with or showing care and thought for the future
- Puerile-Childlike; immature
- Repugnant– offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
- Restive-impatient, uneasy, or restless
- Ruminate- think about something before making a decision
- Sagacity –Sound knowledge, judgement and foresight
- Salient-most noticeable or important
- Salpingo-Tubes; fallopian tubes
- Shrewd-having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.
- Sinuous-having curves and turns; graceful or supple
- Site- Location
- Solicitous-showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
- Status – Physical condition
- Stringent- strict
- Substantiate-to verify, confirm; shown to be true
- Succinct-brief, concise; short
- Synergy-Harmony
- Taciturn-habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- Tactful-ability to say something without offending anyone; considerate, sensitive and understanding
- Tenacious-persistent and determined; to cling/adhere strongly
- Terse-concise and to the point
- Triage-the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment
- Trite-dull; common; lacking in originality
- Turgid-swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
- Typify-to represent; symbolize
- Ubiquitous – Widespread
- Ubiquitous- Widespread
- Untenable– not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain; no support or grounding
- Venerable-worthy of respect due to age, character or wisdom
- Venerate-to respect deeply
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