Vor, viv, tort
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vor | eat greedily |
| carnivore | flesh-eating animal |
| devour | eat food or prey hungrily; consume destructively; 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 | greedy in eating; insatiable, as a voracious appetite |
| viv | live, alive |
| convival | fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable |
| revive | bring back to life; restore |
| vivacious | attractively lively and animated |
| vivacity | lively in spirit of temperament |
| vivid | having the vigor and spirit of life; 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 |
| tort (tors) | twist |
| contortionist | person who can twist his/her body into odd postures |
| distort | twist out of shape; contort; 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. or one end of an object relative to the other |
| tortuous | fully twists or curves; winding, as a tortuous road |
| torture | wrech; twist; inflict sever pain upon |
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