2 Flashcards
Paramedic
a person who is trained to do medical work, especially in an emergency, but who is not a doctor or nurse
Authorize
to give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something:
Who authorized this expenditure?
Autopsy
the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
They carried out/performed an autopsy.
Procedure
a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing something:
The company has new procedures for dealing with complaints.
Primitive
relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system:
Primitive races colonized these islands 2,000 years ago.
Dread
to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen:
He’s dreading the exam - he’s sure he’s going to fail.