Lesson 3 · Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness

EnglishSubject
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Words from the Letter

  • nightmare: a very unpleasant or frightening experience
  • pediatric: relating to the medical care of children
  • pediatrician: a doctor who specialises in children's health
  • fantastic: extremely good
  • bad-mouth: to criticise someone unfairly, especially behind their back
  • trustworthy: able to be relied on to be honest and to keep a secret
  • competent: having the skill and knowledge to do a job properly
  • intravenous: into or connected to a vein
  • vantage point: a position from which you see or judge something
  • insensible: unaware of something
  • downright: completely; used to make a negative word stronger, as in downright rude
  • priority: a thing that is regarded as more important than others
  • medications: medicines; treatment using drugs
  • confidante: a person with whom private matters and problems are discussed
  • deprivation: the lack of something considered to be a necessity, such as sleep
  • refrain from: to stop yourself from doing something
  • sloppiness: carelessness; lack of care in doing something
  • vulnerable: in need of special care, support or protection
  • dreadful: very bad or unpleasant
  • glamorous: attractive, exciting and admired
  • instil (American spelling instill): to put a feeling or idea gradually into someone's mind
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