| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Carnivore | flesh-eating animal |
| Devour | 1. Eat food or prey hungrily; 2. Consume destructively; 3. Be totally absorbed by an unpleasant feeling |
| Frugivorous | feeding on fruit |
| Herbivore | plant-eating animal |
| Insectivorous | dependent on insects as food |
| Omnivore | person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants) |
| Voracious | 1. Greedy in eating; 2. Insatiable, as a voracious appetite |
| Convivial | fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable |
| Revive | bring back to life; restore |
| Vivacious | (esp. of a woman) attractively lively and animated |
| Vivacity | lively in spirit or temperament |
| Vivid | 1. (used with things) having the vigor and spirit of life; 2. Sharp and clear; graphic |
| Vivify | enliven; animate; make vivid |
| Vivisection | the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research |
| Contortionist | person who can twist his/her body into odd postures |
| Distort | 1. Twist out of shape; contort; 2. Twist out of the true meaning; misrepresent; falsify |
| Extort | obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means |
| Retort | quick, witty, or cutting reply |
| Torsion | the action of twisting or the state of being twisted, esp. of one end of an object relative to the other |
| Tortuous | fully of twists or curves; winding, as a tortuous road |
| Torture | 1. Wrench; twist; 2. Inflict severe pain upon |
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