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English for Communication and Study Skills

particular geographical feature.

……...10. infectious disease j. an air mass of high temperature
covering and extended area and
moving relatively slowly.

…….. 11. climate k. a person who sees an event
happening, especially a crime or an
accident.

…….. 12. heat wave l. an area of land that is next to the sea.

…….. 13. witness m. a disease resulting from the
presence and activity of a pathogenic
microbial agent.

…….. 14. mosquito n. an insect or other organism that

transmits a pathogenic fungus, virus,
bacterium, etc.

…….. 15. tick o. a disease caused by bacteria that are
spread by the bite of an insect called a
tick.

…….. 16. rodent p. small flying insects which bite
people and animals in order to suck
their blood.

…….. 17. dengue q. a hole in the ground from which a

supply of water is extracted.

…….. 18. vector r. a small creature which lives on the
bodies of people or animals and uses
their blood as food.

…….. 19. region s. an infectious, eruptive fever of warm
climates, usually epidemic,

characterized especially by severe
pains in the joints and muscles.

…….. 20. lyme disease t. a period of days during which the
weather is much hotter than usual.

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