Killer Plagues Name: __________________________ Workshop #2 Vocabulary Killer Plagues Name: __________________________

What do you think they mean?? Abandoned Contagious Contaminated Courageous Epidemic Estimate Expose Extensive Feasible Impact Infect Internal Laboratory Resistance vaccine

Abandoned Verb Left behind The crew had to abandoned the sinking ship.

Contagious Adjective Spreadable by touch or through the air Chicken pox and the flu are contagious diseases.

Contaminated Verb Infected The doctor used a new needle with every patient so she wouldn’t contaminate anyone.

Courageous Adjective Brave Many courageous people marched in the protest against segregation.

Epidemic Noun Adjective The rapid spread of a disease among many people Adjective Spreading rapidly to many people A flu epidemic forced many students to miss school.

Estimate Verb To make a guess related to a number, amount, or size We estimated that it would take us five hours to finish the project.

Expose Verb To leave without protection Wear gloves so that you don’t expose your hands to the harsh cold.

Extensive Adjective In-depth, comprehensive We did extensive research before writing our report.

feasible Adjective Possible I think it’s feasible that I can be on the debate team and play football this season.

impact Noun An effect or result Keeping the store open an extra hour had a great impact on sales.

infect Verb To give someone a disease Mosquitoes can infect people with diseases.

internal Verb Inside something, like your body Dana was hit by a car and suffered internal bleeding.

Laboratory Noun A place where scientists do research The scientist was conducting several experiments in her laboratory.

resistance Noun The ability to fight off or overcome something He developed a sore throat because his resistance was low.

Vaccine Noun A substance that protects people against getting a disease Scientists are working on making a vaccine for Ebola.