English Documentary on Plague with Transcript & Flashcards to perfect your reading and listening abilities and expand your academic and scientific vocabulary Source of documentary: National Geographic YouTube Channel Source of image: https://www.express.co.uk/ Listening comprehension Watch this video on YouTube Reading comprehension What is plague? Plague is notorious for causing mass sickness and devastation. But as much…
Blight GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /blaɪt/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to destroy and damage something, ruin, spoil, disfigure, mar, afflict, wreck, plague, shatter, impair, maim, deface Noun: disfigurement, destructive force, damage, scar, stain – a plant disease Example When late snow and ice storms happen after new growth has begun, tender new buds and leaves…
Torment 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 32 /ˈtɔː.ment/ (noun & verb) Noun: excessive mental suffering or physical pain, agony, torture, anguish, distress – annoyance, nuisance, irritation, plague, pain in the neck, pest Verb: to cause a person or animal to suffer mentally or physically, persecute, pester, vex, taunt, plague, torture, harass, trouble “I swore never…
Epidemic Epidemic (adj & noun) /ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/ noun: an outbreak of a disease – a fast-spreading disease, plague – a rapid growth in something – outbreak – outburst – increase – prevalent – widespread: Hundreds of people died on that island due to an epidemic of a viral disease. Antonyms: restricted, decrease Adverb: epidemically