Vocabulary #4 Flashcards

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Hypercritical

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Excessively fault-finding;captious

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Hyperactive

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Excessively active

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Hypersensitive

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Abnormally sensitive

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Hypodermic

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Small syringe with a hollow needle for making injections beneath the skin

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Hypoglycemic

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Afflicted with hypoglycemia (an abnormally low concentration of sugar in the blood)

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Hypothermia

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Subnormal body temperature

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Subaqueous

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Underwater

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Subcutaneous

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Being, living, or introduced beneath the skin

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Submarginal

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Below minimum standards; inadequate for some end; unproductive

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Subservient

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Useful in an “under” or subordinate, capacity; excessively submissive

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Superficial

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over or on the surface only; not profound or thorough

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Supernatural

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Beyond what is natural or observable; not explainable by the laws of nature

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