November 20 Vocabulary

a device to help a person breathe

• spasm

• polio

• respirator

• diagnosis

an infectious disease caused by the polio virus; often results in paralysis

to be kept away from other people; alone

the identification of an illness

• isolation

• paralyzed

• diagnosis

• polio

when the body or part of the body is not able to move

• implicit

• respirator

• lavish

• paralyzed

to squeeze or twist something to get the moisture out and make it dry

• wring

• plot

• isolation

• respirator

the action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy

• rehabilitation

• polio

• explicit

• wring

an idea that can be understood, but it is not clearly stated

• diagnosis

• plot

• implicit

• explicit

an idea that is clearly stated

• wring

• isolation

• explicit

• rehabilitation

A genre of artistic writing that uses language to express emotions, ideas, and feelings.

• polio

• poetry

• plot

• rehabilitation