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Vocab 2
English
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Rupt | break, burst |
| Disrupt | break apart, cause disorder |
| Incorruptible | incapable of being corrupted |
| Cide | killing, killer |
| Genocide | extermination of a racial or cultural group |
| Homicide | killing of one human by another |
| Regicide | killing a king |
| String | bind, draw tight |
| Constrict | draw together, render narrower |
| Stringent | strict, rigid, severe |
| Vor | eat greedily |
| Devour | eat greedily or ravenously |
| Omnivore | person or animal that eats plants and animals |
| Voracious | can’t be satisfied |
| viv | live, alive |
| revive | bring back to life, restore |
| vivacious | lively in temper or conduct |
| vivid | sharp and clear, graphic |
| tort | twist |
| contortionist | person who can twist his body into odd postures |
| distort | twist out of the true meaning, misrepresent |
| extort | wrest from a person by force |
| torture | inflict severe pain upon |
| vict | conquer |
| conviction | state of having been judged guilty of an offense |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered |
| victor | winner, conqueror |