English Grammar, Vocabulary, and Medical Prefix Review Notes

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated from 5 consecutive pages of lecture notes covering general vocabulary terms, idioms, grammatical definitions, and medical prefixes.

Present Continuous (Time Contexts)

Grammar rule specifying that present continuous can be used with time expressions like today, this week, or this year, as well as to talk about a change that has started to happen.

Cross

To go across from one side of something to the other.

Cross your mind

If something cross your mind, you think of it.

Scratch

To cut or damage a surface or your skin slightly with something sharp or rough.

Tie

To fasten together two ends of a piece of string or material, or to hold together with a long, thin piece of string.

Absorbed

Very interested in something and not paying attention to anything else.

Flushed

Red in the face.

Individual

A single person or thing especially when compared to the group to which they belong.

Emcee

A person whose job is to introduce performers in a television, radio, or stage show.

Appropriately

In a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation.

Accurately

In a way that is correct, exact, and without any mistake.

Phrases

A short group of words that are often used together and have a particular meaning.

Include

To make something part of something else.

Fiction

The type of book that is written about imaginary events or characters.

Remarkable

Unusual and surprising.

To coin

To create a new word.

Subtle

Not easy to notice.

Unusual

Different from others of the same type in a way that is surprising or attractive.

Feel gutted

To feel very sad or terrible.

Felon

A person who is guilty of a serious crime.

Bug someone

To annoy someone.

Zone out

To stop paying attention and lose focus.

Rise

To move upward.

Suggest

To mention an idea.

Beard

Hair that grows on the chin and lower part of a person's face.

Shrink

To become smaller.

Go up

To move higher.

Grow

To become more advanced.

Improve

To cause something to get better.

Perhaps

Used to show that something is possible.

Gain

To get something that is useful that gives you an advantage.

Burnt out

A building or vehicle that has been badly damaged by fire.

Vehicle

A machine.

Tabloid

A type of popular newspaper with small pages that has many pictures and short simple reports.

Exhaustion

The state of being extremely tired.

Blogosphere

All the blogs.

Snowed under

Having too much to do.

Noun

A word that refers to a person, place, thing, or event.

Verb

A word or phrase that describes an action, condition, or experience.

Adjective

A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

Pronoun

A word that is used instead of a noun or a noun phrase.

Collocation

The combination of words formed when two or more words are often used together in a way that sounds natural.

Out of breath

Unable to breathe comfortably because of tiredness or excitement.

Rush

To cause to go or do something very quickly.

Dash

To go somewhere quickly.

Yawn

To open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs, usually when extremely tired or bored.

Prevent

To stop something from happening.

Deprive

To prevent someone from having something.

Provide

To give someone something that they need.

Dissatisfied

Feeling that something is not as good as it should be.

Obverse

The other side of something.

Encephalo-

Medical prefix referring to the brain.

Procto-

Medical prefix referring to the anus or rectum.

Hepato-

Medical prefix referring to the liver.

Nephro- / Rene

Medical roots referring to the kidney.

Masto- / Mammo-

Medical prefixes referring to the breast.

Cysto-

Medical prefix referring to the bladder.

Rhino-

Medical prefix referring to the nose.

Phlebo- / Veno-

Medical prefixes referring to veins.

Pneumo- / Pulmo-

Medical prefixes referring to the lung.