Vocab Lesson 10

Question 1

Debilitate

Answer 1

Verb

a) to sap the strength or the energy of; to weaken

Debilitation: noun

Question 2

Livid

Answer 2

Adjective

a) discolored, as from a bruise; black and blue
b) pale or ashen
c) furious with anger

Question 3

Moribund

Answer 3

Adjective

a) about to die
b) on the verge of becoming obsolete or outdated

Question 4

Noxious

Answer 4

Adjective

a) poisonous or harmful to living things; injurious to health
b) corrupting; harmful to the mind or morals

Question 5

Pestilence

Answer 5

Noun

a) a usually fatal epidemic disease

Pestilence: adjective

Question 6

Prostrate

Answer 6

a) verb: to reduce to extreme weakness; to overcome
b) verb: to lie flat or at full length
c) adjective: reduced to extreme weakness; overcome
d) adjective: lying flat, face down, at full length

Question 7

Salubrious

Answer 7

Adjective

a) conducive or favorable to health or well-being

Question 8

Scourge

Answer 8

a) noun: a cause of great harm, affliction, or devastation, such as war
b) verb: to afflict with severe suffering; to ravage

Question 9

Unscathed

Answer 9

Adjective

a) not harmed; uninjured

Question 10

Atrophy

Answer 10

a) verb: to waste away; to wither or deteriorate

b) noun: wasting away or deterioration, often due to disease, injury, or lack of use