McGraw Hill Vocab Flashcards
Prolific
abundantly creative and productive
Vacuous
Empty space
Circumspect
Cautious or Guarded
Stanch
to bring to a stop especially when referring to the flow of blood or other bodily fluid
Ostracize
To banish or exile
Indigent
In need
Nit
the egg or young of a louse (parasite)
Augment
to make something greater or add to it
Quarantine
separate very contagious patients from the general population
Emetic
to induce vomiting
Opiate
a drug with morphine-like effects
Prophylactic
a medicine or course of action used to prevent disease
Panacea
A remedy for all illness
Evisceration
surgical removal of an organ’s contents
vivisection
the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research
Flux
discharge from the bowels
Regulations
rules and laws used to regulate conduct
Querulous
to complain
Pernicious
causing great injury/ destructive
Accountable
responsible
Distended
to expand/swollen
Viscous
thick, sticky, gelatinous
Collusion
Conspiring together for the purpose of fraud
Obsolete
Gone out of style or been outdated
Lethargic
drowsy, forgetful, dull
Onerous
burdensome
Altruistic
gives unselfishly; charitable