mindmap root((CUR)) curative Having to do with curing diseases.
🌱As soon as the antibiotic entered his system, he imagined he could begin to feel its curative effects. 🌳Medical researchers are finding curative substances in places that surprise them. Folklore has led to some "new" cures of old diseases, and natural substances never before tried have often proved effective. Quinine, which comes from a tree in the Andes, was the original drug for malaria; aspirin's main ingredient came from willow bark; and Taxol, a drug used in treating several cancers, was originally extracted from the bark of a yew tree. The curative properties of these natural drugs are today duplicated in the laboratory. curator Someone in charge of something where things are on exhibit, such as a collection, a museum, or a zoo.
🌱In recent decades, zoo curators have tried to make the animals' surroundings more and more like their natural homes. 🌳In a good-sized art museum, each curator is generally responsible for a single department or collection: European painting, Asian sculpture, Native American art, and so on. Curatorial duties include acquiring new artworks, caring for and repairing objects already owned, discovering frauds and counterfeits, lending artworks to other museums, and mounting exhibitions of everything from Greek sculpture to 20th-century clothing. procure To get possession of; obtain.
🌱Investigators were looking into the question of how the governor had procured such a huge loan at such a favorable rate. 🌳While procure has the general meaning of "obtain," it usually implies that some effort is required. It may also suggest getting something through a formal set of procedures. In many business offices, a particular person is responsible for procuring supplies, and government agencies have formal procurement policies. When teenagers use an older friend to procure the wrong kind of supplies for their parties, they often risk getting into trouble. sinecure A job or position requiring little work but usually providing some income.
🌱The job of Dean of Students at any college is no sinecure; the hours can be long and the work draining. 🌳Sinecure contains the Latin word sine,"without," and thus means "without care." In some countries, the government in power may be free to award sinecure positions to their valued supporters; in other countries, this would be regarded as corruption. The positions occupied by British royalty are called sinecures by some people, who claim they enjoy their enormous wealth in return for nothing at all. But their many supporters point to the amount of public-service, charitable, and ceremonial work they perform, not to mention the effort they put into promoting Britain to the world.