week 17 words
Terms
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copy deck
- torture (v)
- wrench
- convivial
- sociable
- contortionist
- person who can twist his or her body into odd postures
- torture (n)
- anguish of body or mind
- fracture
- break or crack
- convince
- persuade or show conclusively by argument or proof
- fungicide
- substance that kills fungi or inhibits their growth
- unrestricted
- open to all
- tortuous
- tricky
- distort
- twist out of shape
- vivid
- graphic
- fratricide
- act of killing ones brother
- frugivorous
- feeding on fruit
- fragment
- part broken off
- corrupt (v)
- change from good to bad
- boa constrictor
- snake that constricts or crushes its prey in its coils
- sororicide
- act of killing ones sister
- evict
- expel by legal process
- fractious
- irritable
- corrupt (adj)
- changed from good to bad
- homicide
- killing of a human by another human
- survive
- outlive
- insectivorous
- dependent on insects as food
- erupt
- burst or break out
- retort (n)
- quick, witty, or cutting reply
- extort
- wrest from a person by force
- pesticide
- substance that kills rats, insects bacteria, etc.
- biocide
- substance that destroys many different organisims
- resisting
- refractory
- devour
- seize upon and destroy
- vanquish
- defeat
- refractory
- resisting
- fragile
- easily broken
- germicide
- substance that kills germs
- convict (v)
- prove guilty
- carnivore
- flesh-eating animal
- convict (n)
- person serving a prison sentence
- astringent (n)
- substance that shrinks the tissues and checks the flow of blood
- omnivorous
- eating everything, both plant and animal substances
- bactericide
- substance that kills bacteria
- carnivorous
- flesh-eating
- herbivore
- plant-eating animal
- astringent (adj)
- stern
- abrupt
- broken off
- insecticide
- substance that kills insects
- torsion
- act of twisting
- vivacity
- liveliness of spirit
- stringent
- strict
- evince
- show clearly
- herbicide
- substance that kills plants
- revive
- restore
- vivisection
- operation on a living animal for scientific investigation
- restrict
- keep within limits
- herbivorous
- dependent on plants as food
- stricture
- restriction
- vivify
- make vivid
- disrupt
- break apart
- matricide
- act of killing ones mother
- regicide
- act of killing a king
- infanticide
- act of killing an infant
- conviction
- strong belief
- vivacious
- lively in temper or conduct
- voracious
- greedy in eating
- genocide
- deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
- omnivore
- person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants)
- retort (v)
- reply quickly or sharply
- suicide
- act of killing ones self
- invincible
- incapable of being conquered
- infraction
- act of breaking
- victor
- winner
- patricide
- act of killing ones father
- fraction
- fragment
- tyrannicide
- act of killing a tyrant
- constrict
- draw together