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1
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Abate

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Become less than amount or intensity

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Abbreviate

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To shorten or abridge

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Abdicate

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To give or leave

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Abrupt

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Changing or terminating suddenly

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Abstain

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Refrain; choose to avoid or not participate

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Access

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Means of approach or admission

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Accountable

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Liable or responsible

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Adhere

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Hold closely to an idea or course; be devoted

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Adverse

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Harmful to one’s interests; unfortunate

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Adversity

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A state of burden or hard ship

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Affect

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Change or influence

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Anecdote

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Short story or an account of an event

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Annual

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Occurring or returning once a year

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Apply

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Bring into physical contact; lay on; bring into operation

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Assiduous

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Very careful and hard-working

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Benevolent

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Showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity

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Bias

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An unfair preference or dislike

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18
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Bilateral

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Having two sides

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Boisterous

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Rough, rowdy, unruly

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Brazen

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Bold or unrestrained by normal standards

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Brusque

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Attitude of shortness or rudeness; gruff

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Capacious

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Large in size or capacity

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Cast

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A molded protective device used to Support broken bones

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Cavity

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Any hollow place or space

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Circuitous

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Lengthy due to being indirect or roundabout

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Collateral

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Adjoining or accompanying

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Compassion

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Awareness and sympathy for the suffering of others

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Compensatory

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Making up for; offsetting; paying for

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Concave

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With an outline or surface curved inward

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Concise

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Brief and compact

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Conditional

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Dependent on something else being done

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Constrict

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Cause to shrink, cramp, crush

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Contingent

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Depending on something not certain; conditional

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Contour

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The outline of a figure or shape

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Contract

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Legal or business agreement; Acquire a habit or disease

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36
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Contraindication

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Discouragement of the use of a treatment

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Copious

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Abundant and plentiful

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38
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Defecate

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Bowl movement

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39
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Deficit

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Shortage; Excess of liability over assets

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40
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Deleterious

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Harmful or deadly to living things

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41
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Depress

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Weaken; sadden

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42
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Depth

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Deepness; Distance measured downward, inward, or backward

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Deteriorating

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Growing worse; reducing and worth; impairing

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44
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Device

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A gadget; a mechanical device

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45
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Diagnosis

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Analysis of a present condition

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46
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Diameter

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A line dividing a circle into halves; it’s length

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47
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Digression

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A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus

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Dilate

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Expand; big larger; distend

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Diligent

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Persistent and hardworking

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50
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Dilute

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We can buy a mixture of water or other liquid; reduce and strength

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51
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Discrete

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Separate; discontinuous

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52
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Distended

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Dilated, expanded, or swollen

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Dysfunction

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Impaired functioning

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Empathy

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Understanding of another’s feelings

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Endogenous

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Something produced within the body

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Vital

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Pertaining to life; alive; essential to existence or well-being

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Virus

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An agent of infection

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Verbal

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Expressed in words; oral, Not written

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Venerate

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To regard with much respect

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Venerable

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Worthy of respect because of wisdom or age

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Vascular

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Pertaining to bodily ducks that convey fluid

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Untoward

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Unfavorable; troublesome

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Trite

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Dull; common

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Triage

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The act of sorting war categorizing conditions and diseases in preparation for treatment

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Trauma

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A bodily injury or mental shock

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Transmission

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The act or result of sending something along or onward to a recipient or destination

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Transient

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Lasting for only a short time or duration

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Transdermal

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Passing through the skin

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Therapeutic

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Pertaining to the curing of disease; having remedial effect

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Terse

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To the point; concise

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Tenacious

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Determined without change or doubt from the Plan

72
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Tactful

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Showing concern to not offend others

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Syndrome

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A set of symptoms that characterize a certain disease or condition

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Symptom

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A sign or indication of a problem or disease

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Symmetric

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Similar proportion in this size or shape of something

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Superfluous

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More than is needed, desired, or necessary

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Superficial

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Shallow in character and attitude; only concerned with things on the surface

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Sublingual

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Beneath the tongue

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Strict

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Precise; exacting; severe

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Status

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Relative standing; position; condition

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Scrutinize

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Examine closely and carefully

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Sagacity

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Sound knowledge, judgment, and foresight

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Renal

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Pertaining to the kidneys

84
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Recur

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Appear again; return

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Rationale

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Rational basis for something; justification

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Prudent

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Careful and sensible; using good judgment

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Prognosis

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A forecast

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Pre-dispose

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Give a tendency or inclination to; dispose in advance

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Precocious

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Showing advance development or maturity at an early age

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Precipitous

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Overhasty; rash; uncontrolled

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Pragmatic

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Concerned with practical matters and results

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Posterior

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Located in back or rear

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Pathology

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The science of the nature and origin of disease

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Pathogenic

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Causing disease

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Patent

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Open for all to read; plain; obvious

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Paroxysmal

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Having to do with the spasm or violent outburst

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Parameter

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A variable quantity whose values depend on a special case

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Paradox

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Appearing conflicting or contradictory

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Oral

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Spoken, not written; pertaining to the mouth

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Ominous

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For telling disaster; threatening

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Occluded

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Shut in or out; Closed; absorbed

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Neurovascular

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Pertaining to the nervous system and blood vessel

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Musculoskeletal

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Pertaining to the muscles and the skeleton

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Neurologic

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Dealing with the nervous system

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Manifestation

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A demonstration or display

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Longevity

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Having a long life

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Lethargic

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Not wanting to move; sluggish

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Latent

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Hidden; dormant; undeveloped

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Languid

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Tired and slow

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Labile

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Apt to lapse or err; unstable

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Intuitive

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To know by instinct alone

112
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Innocuous

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Incidence

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Frequency of range of occurrence; extent of ethics

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Impetuous

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Undo heist without thought of consequences

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Impaired

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Made it worse, damaged, or weekend

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Imminent

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Very likely to happen

117
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Hypothesis

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A theory that has not yet been tested or investigated

118
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Hyperbole

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Exaggerating; making something more than it is

119
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Hematologic

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Dealing with the blood

120
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Gastro intestinal

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Pertaining to the stomach and intestines

121
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Garble

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Confusing, not understandable

122
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Fortuitous

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Occurring by happy chance

123
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Extenuating

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Diminish the seriousness of something

124
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Exogenous

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Something produced outside the body

125
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Exasperate

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Worsen, make angry, or frustrate

126
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Exacerbate

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Make more bitter, angry, or violent; irritate or aggravate

127
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Ephemeral

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Lasting only for a short period of time

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Enervating

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Causing debilitation

or weakness

HESI A2 (5 decks)

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