List 1-6 Flashcards

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rust

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burst or break

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abrupt, adj.

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  1. broken off

2. sudden

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corrupt, adj. or v.

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  1. changed from good to bad; vicious

2. change from good to bad; debase; pervert’ falsify

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disrupt, v.

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break apart

ex. minor disruption in class

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erupt, v.

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break out or burst

ex. volcano or fight

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incorruptible, adj.

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unable of being corrupted or bribed; inflexibly honest

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interrupt, v.

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break into something or between; hinder; stop

ex. major interruption; road runner eating paper in the middle of the class

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rupture, n. or v.

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  1. break; breathing
  2. hostility
    ex. break in water main or hostile friendship
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9
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-cide

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killing or killer

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10
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fratricide

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killing of a brother

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genocide

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killing multiple people to eliminate a race or cultural group

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germicide

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to kill germs (substance)

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homicide

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killing of a person by another

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infanticide

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killing of an infant

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matricide

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kill a mother

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patricide

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kill a father

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pesticide

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killing of bugs, rats, bacteria and etc.

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regicide

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act of killing (or killer of ) a king

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sororicide

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killing of a sister

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suicide

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killing of yourself

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tyrannicide

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act of killing or (killer of) of tyrant

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string/ strict

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bind or draw tight

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astringent

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  1. stern; austere
  2. not binded tight
  3. substance that shrinks tissue and check the flow by contracting blood vessels
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boa constrictor

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snake that constricts or crushes its prey in its coils

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constrict
draw together; bind
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restrict
keep within limits ; confine
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stricture
an adverse criticism; censure
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stringent or strict
(literally "binding tight"); rigid; severe
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unrestricted
1. not confined within bounds; free | 2. open to all
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vor
eat greadily
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carnivorous
eat meat (flesh- eating)
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devour
eat greadily quickly ?seize upon and destroy
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herbivorous
eat plants only
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insectivorous
eat insects only
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omnivorous
1. eat meat and plants | 2. fond of all kinds
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voracious
1. greedy in eating | 2. insatiable, as voracious reader
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viv
live, alive
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convivial
hospitable; fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial
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revive
live again= restore
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survive
continue living; outlive; remain alive after
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vivid
1. full of life | 2. sharp and clear; graphic
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vivify
enliven; made vivid
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vivisection
operation on a living animal for specific investigation
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tort (tors)
twist
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contortonist
person who can twist his/ her body into odd postures
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distort
twist out of shape, contort; falsify
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extort
wrest (money, promises and etc.) from a person by force (literally meaning 'twist out')
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retort
reply quickly or sharply in kind (twist back)
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torsion
act of twisting, twisting of a body by two equal and opposite forces
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tortuous
full oftqists and curves; winding; as a tortuous road
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torure
wrench; twist; inflict severe pain upon