English 9.4

Lesson 4

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puerile

childish;immature

orthopedics

Branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement

pedagogue

a teacher

pedant

aperson who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding

entitiy

something that has a real or independent existence

nonentity

a person or thing of no importance

essence

the basic element: the identifying characteristic

moribund

about to die or end

mortify

to shame

postmortem

an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy

euthanasia

The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy kill

innate

possessed at birth; inborn

naive

childlike; unsophisticated

nascent

emerging; coming into existence

renaissance

a birth or renewal