Wordlist 40 You Wouldn’t Know It If it Bit You

1. Antivenin (n.) Definition: an antitoxin present in the blood of an animal following repeated injections of venom. Synonym: Example: Word Family:

2. Arachnid (n.) Definition: any of a group of small animals, similar to insects but with four pairs of legs, that include spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites Synonym: Example: Word Family: a·rach·ni·dan, adjective

3. Bedbug (n.) Definition: a very small insect that lives mainly in beds and feeds by sucking people's blood Synonym: Example: Word Family:

4. Dermatologist (n.) Definition: a doctor who studies and treats skin diseases Synonym: Example: Word Family:

5. Exterminator (n.) Definition: a person or thing that kill all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type Synonym: annihilator, apache, arsonist Example: Word Family:

6. Horsefly (n.) Definition: any of various large flying insects that bite horses, cattle, and sometimes people Synonym: Example: Word Family:

7. Lurk (n.) Definition: a safe place for hiding Synonym: hideout Example: Word Family:

8. Lyme disease (n.) Definition: a disease caused by a bacteria that is spread by the bite of an insect called a tick Synonym: Example: Initially the symptoms of Lyme's disease are like those of flu. Word Family:

9. Plague (v.) Definition: to infect with a plague; cause an epidemic in or among Synonym: disturb, annoy Example: diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia. Word Family:

10. Prickly (adj.) Definition: full of troublesome points Synonym: irritable, fractious Example: a prickly problem. Word Family: prick·li·ness, noun un·prick·ly, adjective

12. Regime (n.) Definition: a particular way of operating or organizing a business, etc. Synonym: scheme, mechanism Example: The regime in this office is hard work and more hard work. Word Family:

13. Renovated (adj.) Definition: restored to good condition; made new or as if new again; repair. Synonym: repaired, changed Example: He has bought a renovated house. Word Family:

14. Rodent (n.) Definition: any of various small mammals with large, sharp front teeth, such as mice and rats Synonym: Example: Word Family:

15. Swat (v.) Definition: to hit something, especially an insect, with a flat object or your hand Synonym: bash, knock, hit Example: I swatted the fly with a rolled-up newspaper. Word Family:

16. Tick (n.) Definition: any of numerous bloodsucking arachnids of the order Acarina, including the families Ixodidae and Argasidae, somewhat larger than the related mites and having a barbed proboscis for attachment to the skin of warm-blooded vertebrates: some ticks are vectors of disease. Synonym: Example: Word Family: