Wink Chapter 1-4 Vocabulary

What does the term "wince" mean?

• A device used to move a patient

• A facial or bodily expression of pain, disgust, or regret

• Happening at exactly the same time

• To look down on with disdain

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a "gurney" used for?

• A sample of tissue or liquid from the body

• A characteristic language of a particular group

• A device used to move a patient who can't easily walk and needs to lie flat

• To describe situations that are dark, gloomy, or depressing

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "synchronized" mean?

• Not dangerous to health

• Happening at exactly the same time

• The total destruction of something

• Imposingly fashionable and elegant

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does it mean to "despise" someone?

• To successfully persuade someone of something

• To wander from a direct or straight course

• To look down on with disdain

• To be characterized by insincerity or deceit

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the term "prevail" mean?

• To be small and round and shiny

• To be impossibly fashionable and elegant

• To successfully persuade someone of something

• The total destruction of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a "biopsy"?

• A device used to move a patient

• A characteristic language of a particular group

• A sample of tissue or liquid from the body that helps determine if you have a disease

• A situation that is dark, gloomy, or depressing

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "malignant" refer to?

• Something that is not dangerous to health

• Something that's very harmful, especially a tumor that's cancerous

• A characteristic language of a particular group

• A situation that is dark, gloomy, or depressing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "lingo" mean?

• A device used to move a patient

• A sample of tissue or liquid from the body

• A characteristic language of a particular group

• To wander from a direct or straight course

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "digress" mean?

• To wander from a direct or straight course

• Not dangerous to health

• To describe situations that are dark, gloomy, or depressing

• The total destruction of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "benign" mean?

• Something that's very harmful

• A characteristic language of a particular group

• Not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

• To wander from a direct or straight course

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4