IEP M3 Unit 2: Focus on Writing (Vocabulary Review)

John E. Curran will spend 12 years in prison because he pretended to be a doctor. In this case of medical___________, he lied to sick people and said that he could cure them with his “natural” medicine.

• impersonate

• fraud

• con

To ________________ a doctor, Curran bought ________________medical degrees on the internet for $2,650. (Mark 2 answers)

• impersonate

• weary

• fake

• fishy

• duplicate

It was even more ______________ that he received a “medical degree” in only two months. This made him seem like a real doctor.

• suspicious

• astonishing

• honesty

Curran impressed people with his false medical knowledge. They were _______________of feeling sick and believed his “natural” medicine could help them.

• weary

• deception

• motive

One woman, however, became ____________ of Curran after paying $1,200 a month for his “Green Drink.”

• suspicious

• duplicate

• fraud

After three months, Curran refused to check her blood, and she thought this was _____________.

• duplicate

• fishy

• con

He went to another doctor and learned that Curran’s medicine was not real: it was all a ______________. In court, Curran asked the judge not to give him a strong

punishment.

• honesty

• impersonate

• deception

He claimed that he was acting with complete _______________and that he really wanted to help people with his medicine. He asked the judge to be kind to him.

• weary

• honesty

• fake

But the judge responded that

Curran’s ______________was not helping people but wanting to make money. Because the judge believed that money was the reason for Curran’s actions, he gave him 12 years in prison.

• motive

• suspicious

• astonishing

“You are the worst of the worst,” said the judge, believing Curran to be a dangerous liar who would ____________ innocent people when they were most in need of help.

• fake

• con

• fraud