Reading Vocabulary 5 Flashcards

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Dependent?

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-depending on a person or thing for aid, support, life

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Commitment?

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-engagement, promise, involvement

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Combat?

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-to oppose in battle; fight against

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Evident?

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  • easy to see or understand; readily apparent

- obvious

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Plague?

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-any widespread and usually highly contagious disease with a high fatality rate (Plage, Pest)

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discrepancy?

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-disagreement, as between facts or claims

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Sanitation?

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-the state of being clean and conducive(beneficial) to health (Hygiene)

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Unsanitary?

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-not conducive to or promoting health; dirty, unhygienic

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Adequate?

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  • able to fulfill a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding
  • enough
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Diarrheal?

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  • excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces (Kot)

- >Durchfall

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Regard?

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  • to think or consider in a particular way ->betrachten

- to look at, observe

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NCD stands for? The meaning?

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  • non communicable disease

- not caused by infectious agents

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Emerged?

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  • to come into view

- >appear

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Striking?

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-attracting attention; fine; impressive

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severely?

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-strictly, harshly, sharply, extremely, hard, dangerously

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Appropriate?

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  • right, or suitable

- suitable for a particular person

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Maternal?

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-related through one’s mother

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Supply?

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  • the act of providing,

- to make available for us

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Distribution?

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  • to divide in portions

- to separate into categories

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Profound?

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  • showing or requiring great, deep knowledge or understanding
  • deeply felt or held; intense
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Expenditures?

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  • outgoing, input

- Ausgaben, Aufwand

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Strain?

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  • to pull, draw, or stretch tight (anspannen)

- Belastung, Anstrengung/ belasten, anstrengen

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Hardship?

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-condition of life hard to endure (Not, Elend)

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Insurance?

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-promise of reimbursement in case of loss

25
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Generic drug?

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-drugs which are usually cheaper that brand-name drugs

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Patent?

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-an invention protected by such a grant

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Remarkable?

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-worthy of note or attentions (bemerkenswert)

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Discouraging?

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-to deprive(berauben) of confidence, hope, or spirit

->entmutigend

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Contaminated?

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  • to make impure(unrein) or unclean by contact or mixture

- >verunreinigen, verseuchen

30
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Incentive?

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-a motivation influence; stimulus (Anreiz)