Vocab list 21-22 term 3

Gruelling (adj)

Exhausting

Took a toll (idiom)

To have a seriously negative effect on something or someone

Single-handedly (adv)

Without help from anyone else

Cleft (n)

A slit

Quarrelled (v)

To fight heatedly

Up to par (idiom)

Usual quality; to meet expectations

Toilsome (adj)

Requiring or involving hard work and great effort

Utmost (adj)

Most extreme; greatest

Acclaiming (v)

To adapt or adjust

Outbreak (n)

A sudden and rapid rise in the occurrence of something negative

Moral (n)

The mental and emotional condition of a person

Subsequently (adv)

Occurring at a later time

Magnitude (n)

The size, extent, or importance of something

Spontaneous (adj)

Occuring randomly and naturally without outside influence

Breakthrough (n)

A sudden advance or discovery in knowledge

Pathogen (n)

A kind of germ that causes disease

Passive (adj)

not taking action but rather having something done to you.

Raging (v)

Causing pain and destruction

Melancholic (adj)

Extremely sad (mood)

Imminent (adj)

happening soon; forthcoming

Comrades (n)

A friend; a fellow soldier

Contracted (v)

To catch a disease

Valiantly (adv)

Done bravely; with courage and determination

Bedridden (adj)

Confined to one’s bed (usually from illness)

Foreboding (n)

An overwhelming feeling that something bad will take place

Deteriorated (v)

To become worse

Lethargy (n)

Extreme fatigue

Delirium (n)

A state of mental disturbance (confusion, disturbed speech, or hallucination)

Promptly (adv)

Done quickly

Alleviating (v)

To make something difficult easier to bear

In vain (phrase)

Useless or to no end

Barracks (n)

Buildings used to house soldiers

Trifling (adj)

Of no importance; unimportant

Dawned on me (idiom)

Understanding or realising something for the first time

Resolutely (adv)

Done in a bold and determined manner

Aliment (n)

A sickness

Succumbed (v)

To give in to something of superior strength