Virus Invasion Reading Vocabulary

def. - n - high numbers of things given away

The ______ of weapons makes the world a more dangerous place.

• proliferation

• fanning out

• number

• surveillance

def. - n - to watch someone to get information

The police had the criminal under _______.

• arrest

• their thumb

• survey

• surveillance

def. - n - a doctor that studies diseases caused by viruses or very small organisms

The ______, who led the research, said the vaccine was safe.

• director

• immunologist

• scientist

• doctor

def. - n - possibility that something will happen

The ______ are good that you will get the virus if you are not careful.

• beliefs

• reasons

• odds

• odd

def. - v - to enter some place as an enemy

World War II started when Germany _____ Poland.

• fell upon

• tricked

• invaded

• left

def. - v - to be in large numbers

Insects ______ in tropical climates.

• abound

• live

• grow

• vary

def. - v - to break or burst out of a container

The oil pipeline _______ causing a lot of damage to the environment.

• fell down

• changed

• ruptured

• fell

def. - v ph - to attack someone without them knowing first

The Covid-19 virus ________ America like an army of soldiers.

• came to

• went to

• fell over

• fell upon

def. - v ph - to spread in different directions

Doctors all over Thailand ______ to help those who were sick with Covid-19.

• fanned out

• went over

• had gone

• went away

def. - adj - continuously or constantly; non-stop

My neighbor played music all night long. It was ________ and I could not fall asleep.

• incessant

• intolerable

• inconvenient

• incoherent