Coriaty Vocab. pgs. 158-162
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 carnivore | flesh-eating animal |
| carnivorous | flesh-eating |
| devour | eat greedily or ravenously 2.seize upon or destroy |
| frugivorous | feeding on fruit |
| herbivore | plant-eating animal |
| herbivorous | dependent on plants for food |
| omnivore | person or animal that eats everything |
| omnivorous | 1.eating everything, both plant and animal substances 2. avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader |
| voracious | 1.greedy in eating 2.insatiable, as a voracious appetite |
| 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 | 1(used with things) having the vigor or spirit of life 2.sharp and clear; graphic |
| vivfify | enliven; make vivid |
| vivisection | operation on a living animal for scientific investigation |
| contortionist | person who can twist his or her body into odd positions |
| distort | 1.twist out of shape; contort 2.twist out of the true meaning; misrepresent; pervert; falsify |
| extort | wrest from a person by force |
| retort | reply quickly or sharply |
| torsion | act of twisting; stress due to twisting forces exterted on a body |
| tortuous | full of twist or curves 2. tricky |
| torture | wrench, twist 2. inflict sever pain upon |
| torture | anguis of body or mind; agony |
| convict | prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty |
| convict | person serving a prison sentence |
| conviction | 1.state of having been judged guilty of an offense 2. strong belief |
| convince | persuade or show conclusively by argument or proof |
| evict | 1.expel by legal process, as to evict a tenant 2.oust |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered |
| vanquish | overcome in battle; conquer; defeat |
| victor | winner; conqueror |
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