unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
herdboy; shepherd boy; young ranch hand; cowboy
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
infectious disease; infection
plural; multiple; several
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
medium; agency; carrier; vehicle; vector; fomite
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
using as an intermediary; through
bacterium; bacteria; germ
the same kind; accomplice; partner
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)