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Unit 4: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers Sunrise Over Fallujah and An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.
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  1. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
    Kennedy flipped the sling of her M-16 over her shoulder and sauntered off toward the women’s quarters.
  2. infantry
    an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
    I had come down with measles at Fort Dix, New Jersey, with only two weeks left to go in my infantry training cycle.
  3. isolation
    a state of separation between persons or groups
    After a week in isolation at the hospital I spent three weeks hanging around the dayroom watching television and shooting pool while it was being decided if I would have to repeat the whole cycle again.
  4. detachment
    a small unit of troops of special composition
    I ended up with another training group and then received orders to report to the Civil Affairs detachment at Camp Doha in Kuwait.
  5. camouflage
    fabric making a wearer hard to distinguish from a background
    But when I saw his camouflage do-rag and dark shades I knew he was a little different.
  6. prestigious
    having an excellent reputation; respected
    The other was Dr. John Foulke, who was a fellow of Philadelphia’s prestigious College of Physicians and a member of the Pennsylvania Hospital board.
  7. symptom
    a sensation associated with a particular disease
    Hodge and Foulke told Rush about Catherine LeMaigre’s symptoms and what they had done to help her.
  8. microscopic
    so small as to be invisible without a magnifying device
    The idea that illness was caused by microscopic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, was not known at the time.
  9. organism
    a living thing that can act or function independently
    The idea that illness was caused by microscopic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, was not known at the time.
  10. bacteria
    single-celled organisms that can cause disease
    The idea that illness was caused by microscopic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, was not known at the time.
  11. virus
    infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts
    The idea that illness was caused by microscopic organisms, such as bacteria and viruses, was not known at the time.
Created on Thu Apr 22 16:34:37 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 28 14:56:38 EDT 2021)

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