Vocab: Secret of the Yellow Death / Yellow fever circles Brazil

Anecdote

• A remedy to counteract the effects of poison

• Short biographical account of an event

• A personal story that is used as evidence

• A cure for a snake bite

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Vaccine

• a preparation that is administered (as by injection) to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease

• A medicine that helps a body avoid certain infections

• A machine that sends copies to distant locations

• to deprive of an incumbent or occupant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

outbreak

• Sudden, violent bursting out. Epidemic

• A violent expression of feeling

• A lot of something happening at once, out of nowhere

• Temper Tantrum

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

megacity

• a very large city

• a small city

• not even a city

• 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

snuff (as it is used in the text)

• to inhale through the nose especially for smelling

• to put an end to

• the charred part of a candlewick

• materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

transmission

• an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the driveshaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a live axle

• Radio waves

• to cause or allow to spread

• a rendering from one language into another

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

media

• somthing in the middle position

• a means of conveying information

• a collection of ways to communicate

• 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

harmless

• not hurtful

• super hurtful

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

inoculate

• Introduce a disease to a organism by transmitting the agent which causes it

• When you put a little bit of virus in someone to help them respond better to a real version of that virus

• having a wavy surface, edge, or markings

• to set up for use or service

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

caseload

• the number of poeple needing/ receiving help that is handled by a court or clinic

  (*people)

• the amout of suitcases a person can take on a plane

• a load that fills a car

• a large, unspecified quantity

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4