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18 Cards in this Set
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Perimeter
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The whole outer boundry or measurment of a surface or figure.
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Astringent
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Substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels.
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Stringent
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Strict; rigid; severe
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Genocide
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Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.
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Stricture
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Adverse criticism; censure
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Sororicide
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Act of killing one's sister.
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Periphrastic
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Expressed in a roundabout way.
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Constrict
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Draw together; bind
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Periphery
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Outside boundary
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Varacious
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Greedy in eating; insatiable
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Carnivorous
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Flesh-eating
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Fratricide
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Act of killing one's brother.
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Omnivorous
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Avidly taking in everything; eating everything
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Herbivorous
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Dependant on eating plants as food.
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Peristalsis
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Wavelike contraction of the walls of the intestines which propels contents onward.
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Regicide
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Act of killing a king.
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Peristyle
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Row of columns around a building or courtyard.
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Devour
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To eat greedily or ravenously.
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