"Delicious or Deadly?" Vocab Flashcards

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Advocate (AD-vuh-kuht)

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Someone who supports or argues for the interests of a person, group, or cause.

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Condemn (kuhn-DEM)

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To call something out as very wrong or bad.

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Contaminated (kuhn-TA-muh-nay-tuhd)

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If something is contaminated, it is dirty or unhealthy as a result of coming in contact with something harmful that is not supposed to be there

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Debilitating (dih-BIH-luh-tay-ting)

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Something that’s debilitating causes weakness or an inability to function or impacting their life and ability to function in a major way

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DNA (dee-en-AY)

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DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is in the cells of all living things and is a blueprint for a living organism. DNA determines everything from the color of your eyes to the length of your toes

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Epidemic (eh-puh-DEH-mik)

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The quick spread of a disease through many people in a group. Can also describe the spread of something else that negatively affects a community, like a crime epidemic or an epidemic of laziness.

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Strain (strayn)

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A strain is a version or kind of something. Bacteria and viruses often have many different strains.