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54 Cards in this Set
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-rupt |
to break or burst |
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rupture |
bursting open |
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abrupt |
sudden or unexpected |
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corrupt |
guilty of dishonest practices |
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incorruptible |
not able to be corrupted |
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disrupt |
to cause disorder or turmoil |
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erupt |
to burst forth |
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interrupt |
to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of |
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-cide |
kill |
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matricide |
killing one's mother |
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patricide |
killing one's father |
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fratricide |
killing one's own bother |
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sororicide |
killing one's own sister |
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homicide |
killing someone |
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suicide |
killing oneself |
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genocide |
extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group |
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infanticide |
killing an infant |
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germicide |
an agent for killing germs |
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insecticide |
substance used to kill insects |
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pesticide |
chemical preporation for destroying plant, fungal or animal pests |
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regicide |
killing of a king |
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tyrannicide |
killing of a tyrant |
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-string, -strict |
bind, tight, draw |
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astringent |
contracting; constrictive; styptic |
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constrict |
to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress |
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restrict |
to confine or keep within limits |
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unrestricted |
not confined or limited |
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stricture |
abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body |
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stringent |
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe |
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boa constrictor |
snake noted for ability to suffocate a prey by coiling around it |
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-tort, -tors |
twist |
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contortionist |
person who preforms gymnastic feats involving contorted postures |
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distort |
twist awry or out of shape |
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extort |
to wring from a person by violence, intimidation or abuse of authority |
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retort |
to reply, usually in a sharp way |
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torsion |
act of twisting |
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tortuous |
full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked |
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torture |
inflicting excruciating pain |
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-frag, -fract |
break |
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fracture |
breaking a bone |
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fraction |
ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed |
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infraction |
breach, violation, infringement |
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fractious |
refractory or unruly |
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fragile |
easily broken |
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fragment |
a part broken off or detached |
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-flect, -flex |
bend |
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flex |
to bend; tighten a muscle |
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flexible |
capable of being bent |
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inflexibility |
no flexible; incapable of being bent; rigid |
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reflex |
occurring in reaction; responsive |
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reflect |
to cast back from a surface |
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deflect |
to bend or turn aside |
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flexor |
a muscle that serves to bend or flex a part of the body |
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genuflect |
to bend the knee in worship |
