Vocab and Defin QUIZ 13

throw or hurl forcefully.

• catapulted

• flung

• lurched

• infection

an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.

any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.

hurl or launch (something) in a specified direction with

• fungus

• parasite

• catapulted

• decompose

the presence of a virus

make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger.

• lurched

• flung

• catapulted

• calamity

a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

• infection

• fungus

• parasite

• proportion

the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.

(with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay.

• decompose

• consequence

• impact

• calamity

eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).