from Running Out of Time
Listed below are some of the words we thought you should know. After you have had a chance to look at them, try your luck at our puzzle.
| poultice | a medicated mass applied to a sore |
| grimace | a negative facial expression that shows disgust or disapproval |
| heirlooms | something of important value passed down from generations |
| smithy | the workshop of a blacksmith. |
| midwife | a nurse who helps deliver babies |
| emphasize | to place emphasis on |
| megadeath | a death that has spread and killed a lot of people |
| gazette | an official journal |
| harried | overcome with problems |
| tarry | late in acting or doing |
| primitive | relating to the earliest age or period |
| ebb | a point of decline |
| virulent | extremely poisonous |
| overcompensating | excessive reaction |
| vaguely | not clearly defined |
| quarantine | the isolation a person with a contagious disease to prevent it from spreading. |
| complex | complicated |
| daguerreotype | an early type of camera |
| diphtheria | a contagious disease |
| disorient | confuse |
| raspy | a gravelly voice. |
| immune | not suceptible or responsive |
| converged | to come together and unite in a common interest or focus. |
| manhole | a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or closed structure. |
| exertion | a laborious effort |
| environmentalist | one concerned about environmental quality. |
