Unit 1: Novel Study: When Breath Becomes Air, Prologue–Part I

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  1. innumerable
    too many to be counted
  2. virulent
    infectious; having the ability to cause disease
  3. apostasy
    rejection of religious beliefs, political party, or cause
  4. dissipate
    go away, scatter, or disappear
  5. reprieve
    a relief from harm or discomfort
  6. incongruity
    the quality of disagreeing
  7. terminal
    causing or ending in or approaching death
  8. velocity
    distance traveled per unit time in one direction
  9. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  10. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  11. nascent
    being born or beginning
  12. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  13. grandeur
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid
  14. taper
    diminish gradually
  15. tutelage
    teaching pupils individually
  16. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  17. barrage
    the rapid and continuous delivery of communication
  18. appreciable
    enough to be estimated or measured
  19. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  20. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  21. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  22. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  23. exemplar
    a person or thing to be imitated; ideal model
  24. asymptote
    a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve
Created on Mon Dec 14 16:25:01 EST 2020 (updated Thu Jun 17 16:55:14 EDT 2021)

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