TEST YOUR VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE; ADJECTIVE 1

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE

ADJECTIVE 1

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES using the adjectives in the box. Use each adjective once only. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Adjectives

bitter  compatible  confused  delicate  highly-strung  hoarse  hygienic  inactive inadequate  inborn  inoperable  intoxicated  left-handed  motionless  poisonous  predisposed  recognized  safe  sedentary

1	This is a SAFE painkiller, with no harmful side effects.
2	Some mushrooms are good to eat and some are _____________
3	The donor’s blood must be _____________ with the patient’s.
4	The surgeon decided that the cancer had become _____________.
5	_____________ people need special scissors.
6	The body has an _____________ tendency to resist transplanted organs.
7	The hospital has _____________ staff to deal with a major accident.
8	This serum makes the poison _____________.
9	People in _____________ occupations are liable to have digestive problems.
10	Old people can easily become _____________ if they are moved from their homes.
11	Catatonic patients can sit _____________ for hours.
12	Don’t touch food with dirty hands; it isn’t _____________.
13	All the members of the family are _____________ to vascular diseases.
14	Oranges are sweet, but quinine is _____________.
15	The bones of a baby’s skull are very _____________.
16	Cholera spread rapidly because of _____________ conditions in the town.
17	She is very _____________, so don’t make comments about the appearance.
18	Are his qualifications _____________ in Great Britain?
19	He drank six glasses of whisky and became completely _____________.
20	He became _____________ after shouting too much.

ANSWER KEY

1	safe	11	motionless
2	poisonous	12	hygienic
3	compatible	13	predisposed
4	inoperable	14	bitter
5	left-handed	15	delicate
6	inborn	16	insanity
7	inadequate	17	highly strung
8	inactive	18	recognized
9	sedentary	19	intoxicated
10	confused	20	hoarse