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break/ burst
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1. broken off; lacking in continuity; steep.
2. sudden; quick and unexpected |
abrupt
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changed from good to bad;vicious
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corrupt
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change from good to bad; debase;pervert; falsify
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corrupt
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break apart; cause disorder
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disrupt
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burst or break out
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erupt
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inflexibly honest; incapable of being corrupted or bribed
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incorruptible
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break into or between; hinder;stop
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interrupt
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1. break; breaking
2. hostility |
rupture
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substance that kills bacteria
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bactericide
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cide
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killing; killer
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substance that destroys living microorganisms
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biocide
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act of killing one's brother
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fratricide
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substance that kills fungi or inhabits their growth
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fungicide
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deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
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genocide
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substance that kilss germs
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germicide
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substance that kills plants
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herbicide
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killing of one human by another
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homicide
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act of killing an infant
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infanticide
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substance that kills insect
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insecticide
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act of killing one's mother
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matricide
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act of killing one's father
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patricide
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substance that kills rats, insects, bacteria, etc
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pesticide
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act of killing a king
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regicide
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act of killing one's sister
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sororicide
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act of killing one's self
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suicide
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act of killing a tyrant
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tyrannicide
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string (strict)
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bind, draw tight
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1. drawing (the tissues) tightly together
2.stern; austere |
astringent
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substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels
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astringent
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snake that "constricts" or crushes its prey in its coil
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boa constrictor
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draw together; render narrower; shrink
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constrict
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keep within limits (literally, "keep back"
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restrict
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adverse criticism (literally, "tightening"; censure
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stricture
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strict(literally; binding tight", rigid; severe
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stringent
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1. not confined withing bounds; free
2.open to all |
unrestricted
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flesh-eating animal
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carnivore
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flesh-eating
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carnivorous
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1.eat greedily or ravenously
2.seize upon and destroy |
devour
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feeding on fruit
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frugivorous
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plant-eating animal
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herbivore
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dependent on plants as food
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herbivorous
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dependent on insects as food
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insectivorous
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person or animal that eats everything
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omnivore
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1.eating everything, both plant and animal substances
2.avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader |
omnivorous
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1. greedy in eating
2. insatiable |
voracious
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viv
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live, alive
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vor
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eat greedily
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fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable
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convivial
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bring back to life; restore
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revive
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outlive; remain alive after
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survive
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lively in temper or conduct
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vivacious
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liveliness in spirit
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vivacity
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1. (used in things) having the vigor and spirit of life
2. sharp and clear; graphic |
vivid
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operation on a living animal for scientific investigation
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vivisection
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tort(tors)
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twist
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person who can twist his or her body into odd postures
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contortionist
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1.twist our of shape; contort
2.twist out of teh true menaing; misrepresent;pervert;falsify |
distort
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wrest from a person by force
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extort
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reply quickly or sharply
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retort
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quick, witty, or cutting reply
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retort
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act of twisting; twisting of a body by two opposing forces
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torsion
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1.full of twists or curves; winding
2.tricky, crooked |
tortuous
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1. wrench;twist
2. inflict severe pain upon |
torture
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anguish of body or mind; agony
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torture
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prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty
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convict
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person serving a prison sentence
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convict
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1. state of having been judged guilty of an offense
2. strong belief |
conviction
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persuade or show conclusively by argument or prove
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convince
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1. expel by legal process
2. oust |
evict
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show clearly; disclose
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evince
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incapable of being conquered
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invincible
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vict(vinc)
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conquer, show conclusively
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overcome in battle; conquer
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vanquish
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winner conquerer
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victor
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