Unit 3: Novel Study: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Part II

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  1. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  2. inoculate
    inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune
  3. medium
    an intervening substance through which something is achieved
  4. contract
    enter into a binding arrangement
  5. specific
    stated explicitly or in detail
  6. fledgling
    young and inexperienced
  7. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  8. contemporary
    occurring in the same period of time
  9. lament
    express grief verbally
  10. inhibit
    control and refrain from showing
  11. stimulate
    cause to be alert and energetic
  12. distort
    make false by mutilation or addition
  13. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  14. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  15. initiate
    set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
  16. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  17. potential
    expected to become or be
  18. abatement
    the act of making less active or intense
  19. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
Created on Wed Dec 02 16:07:29 EST 2020 (updated Tue Dec 08 16:32:46 EST 2020)

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