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6-8 Vocabulary
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1.

anthrax

A deadly infectious disease caused by Bacillus Anthracisis. Humans contract the disease from infected animal hair, hides,
or waste

2.

autopsied

to study a dead body to see how one died

3.

cynical

Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives.

4.

deprived

deliberate withholding of something needed

5.

expendable

Able to be used up and then discarded or replaced

6.

insecticide

a chemical used to kill insects

7.

insufflation

sniffed through nostrils and absorbed through mucous membrane of the nasal passage; extremely rapid to brain

8.

minions

followers who just obey other people's orders

9.

mummified

Shriveled, dried up, but preserved

10.

poached

cooked in liquid

11.

rogue

Adjective No longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; deviating, renegade

12.

symptoms

Any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease; symptoms may be acute, chronic, relapsing,
remitting, and can have a systemic effect or local effect; they can be classified as objective (can be observed and
measured), or subjective (felt and described by the patient) and cardinal (the vital signs: T, P, R and BP)

13.

viable

Capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.); practical, workable