1. Headaches Vocabulary Review

2. to pound on (v) Peter pounded a nail into the wall with a hammer.
to hit, beat or strike something many times
Peter pounded a nail into the wall with a hammer.

3. hammer (n) a tool with a handle and a metal head used for pounding.
Carpenters use a hammer to pound nails.

4. headache (n)
a pain in your head
How do you treat your headaches?

5. arteries (n) heart to the rest of the body
large blood veins going from the
heart to the rest of the body
Because one of Bob’s heart arteries was blocked, he had a bypassed .

6. swell (v)
to get larger
Tina twisted her ankle and it swelled up, but she put an ice pack on it, and the swelling went down.

7. pain (n) a bad physical or emotional feeling
Her mother’s illness caused her great pain.

8. vision (n) ability to see, eyesight
Jane wears glasses because she has poor vision.

9. warning (n) a danger sign, an alert, an alarm
The boss gave his workers a warning about being late.

10. blur (v) to make something unclear to see
The fog blurred our view of the road.

11. vomit (v) throw up, to expel food and liquids from the stomach
Nichole vomited when she ate a rotten yogurt .

12. migraine (n) a severe headache
Tina gets a migraine at least once a month.

13. cluster (n)
a tight group of something
A cluster of people waited for the movie star to appear at the Hollywood theater.

14. steady (adj.) without interruption, continuous
During the winter, Seattle gets a steady rainfall.

15. sore (adj.) painful, achy
After running for 10 miles, Jack has sore muscles.

16. forehead (n) the part of the face above the eyebrows
When Jane has a headache, she places an ice pack on her forehead.

17. tension (n) a state of stress or nervousness
Nurses and doctors who work at an emergency room have a lot of tension.

18. aspirin (n)
a painkiller
Larry takes aspirin to get rid of pains.

19. analyze (v) to look closely at, to examine, to evaluate
Blood labs analyze patients’ blood to detect diseases.

20. patient (n) a person who is treated by a doctor
Because Doctor Wilson is a popular pediatrician, he has a lot of patients.

21. lifestyle (n) a way in which people live
Tina’s lifestyle changed greatly when she moved to New York from a small town in Texas.

22. physical (adj.) related to the body
After falling from the roof of his house, Tony had many physical pains and aches.

23. recur (v)
to happen again
Peter’s allergies recur every spring.

24. pressure (n) (v) press (v)
force, demand, make someone do something
to push, to press down
Mr. Thomas put pressure on his children to go to college.
They were pressured to sale their house because they couldn’t make the mortgage payments.
You need to press the button to start the machine.

25. reluctant (adj.) unwilling, not eager, no enthusiasm to do something
I am reluctant to drive in this weather.

26. migrate (v) to move from one place to another place
Birds migrate to the south in the winter.

27. lessen (v) To reduce, to make something less or become less
Painkillers lessen sore muscles.

28. tense (v) to feel nervous or anxious
Driving in the rain makes me tense.

29. prove (v) to show that something is true
The police officer proved that the gun belonged to the criminal he arrested.

30. proof (n) Evidence or information that shows that something is true.
There was enough proof that the gun belonged to the criminal.

31. Review to pound on steady hammer sore headache forehead arteries
to swell
pain
vision
warning
to blur
to vomit
migraine
to pressure
to press
tense
cluster
steady
sore
forehead
tension
aspirin
to analyze
patient
lifestyle
physical
to recur
reluctant
migrate
lessen
prove
proof

32. Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
press
pressure
reluctance
reluctant
reluctantly
migrate
migration
migrant
lessen
least
less
warn
warning
pain
painful
painless
painfully
painlessly
swell
swelling
swollen
recur
recurrence
recurrent
recurrently
tense
tension
tensely
prove
proof
proven