Vocab #2

1. n.the substitution of a mild, indirect or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh or blunt
6. adj.not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body malfunctioning
8. n.difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements
11. n. medicine / medical faulty or inadequate nutrition or development
12. n.a state of intense happiness and self confidence
13. adj.pertaining or conducive happiness
15. adj.pertaining to or characterized by having good digestion
16. n. a society characterized by human misery as squalor, oppression, disease and overcrowding

1. adj.pleasant in sound agreeable to the ear
2. n.also called mercy killing. The act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful disease or condition
3. n.conveying disapproval or censure, not complementary or eulogistic
4. n.any disturbance of normal vocal function
5. adj and n.pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from deranged or impaired digestion; indigestion
7. v.to praise highly
9. n.any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information
10. n.pathology, an infectious disease marked by inflammation and the ulceration of the lower part of the bowels , with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic
14. n.difficult or labored breathing