"The Stolen Bacillus" and Other Stories Glossary

"The Stolen Bacillus" and Other Stories Glossary

scrutinize

to observe and inspect something very attentively

devour

eat with greed

morbid

sick, unhealthy

haggard

looking exhausted

fitful

active

phlegmatic

behaving unemotionally and calmly

deliberation

consideration or discussion

pestilence

a fatal epidemic disease

replenish

fill up again

dormant

sleeping

decimate

to diminish (literally, to do in a manner involving tenths)

attainable

one that can be easily reached

wary

mistrustful

abrupt

sudden

reiterate

repeat, do something again

ethnology

origin

Teutonic

displaying the characteristics popularly attributed to Germans

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