| Term | Definition |
|---|
| carnivore | flesh-eating animal |
| carnivorous | flesh-eating |
| devour | eat greedily or ravenously; seize upon and destroy |
| frugivorous | feeding on fruit |
| herbivore | plant-eating animal |
| herbivorous | dependent on (literally, "eating") plants as food |
| insectivorous | dependent on (literally, "eating") insects as food |
| omnivore | person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants) |
| omnivorous | eating everything, both plant and animal substances; avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader |
| voracious | greedy in eating; insatiable |
| convivial | fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable; jovial; hospitable |
| revive | bring back to life; restore |
| survive | outlive; remain alive after |
| vivacious | lively in temper or conduct |
| vivacity | liveliness of spirit |
| vivid | (used with things) having the vigor and spirit of life; sharp and clear; graphic |
| vivify | enliven; make vivid |
| vivisection | operation on a living animal for scientific investigation |
| contortionist | person who can twist his or her body into odd postures |
| distort | twist out of shape; contort; twist of out the true meaning; misrepresent; pervert; falsify |
| extort | wrest (money, promises, etc.) from a person by force (literally, "twist out") |
| retort | reply quickly or sharply ("twist back"); quick, witty, or cutting reply |
| torsion | act of twisting; stress due to twisting forces exerted on a body |
| tortuous | full of twists or curves; winding; tricky; crooked; circuitous |
| torture | wrench; twist; inflict severe pain upon; anguish of body or mind; agony |
| convict | prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty; person serving a prison sentence |
| conviction | state of having been judged guilty of an offense; strong belief |
| convince | persuade or show conclusively by argument of proof |
| evict | expel by legal process; oust |
| evince | show clearly; disclose; reveal |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered |
| vanquish | overcome in battle; conquer; defeat |
| victor | winner; conqueror |
| fraction | one or more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment |
| fractious | apt to break into a passion; cross; irritable |
| fracture | break or crack; breaking a bone |
| fragile | easily broken; frail; delicate |
| fragment | part broken off |
| infraction | act of breaking; breach; violation |
| refract | bend (literally, "break back") from a straight path |
| refractory | resisting; intractable; hard to manage |
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