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Midterm Exam Eng.

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Omnivore person or animal that eats everything (both flesh and plants)
Bona Fide carried out in good faith; genuine
Mand order, command, commit
Fid faith, trust
Viv live, alive
Tact touch
Tort twist
Omniscient knowing everything
Pertinacious adhering firmly to a purpose or opinion; very persistent
Vanquish overcome in battle; conquer; defeat
Fractious apt to break out into a passion; cross; irritable
Prehensile adapted for siezing
Admonish warn of a fault; reprove; rebuke
Corpus general collection or body of writings; laws
Cur run
Vor eat greedily
Rupt break, burst
Corp body
Conducive tending to lead to; helpful
Duc lead, conduct, draw
Omnivorous 1. Eating Everything 2. avidly taking in everything
Extort Wrest(money, promises) from a person by force
Contiguous touching; in physical contact; adjoining
Egress means of going out; exit
Mon warn
Omni all, every, everywhere
Fract break
Corpus body or writing, laws
Inflection change in the pitch or tone of a persons voice
Evince show clearly, disclose, reveal
Ten hold keep
Remand send back, recommit, as to prison
Astringent Drawing (the tissues) tightly together 2. stern, austere
Infraction act of breaking; violation; breach
Perfidy violation of trust; treachery
Grat "pleasant" "thanks" "favor"
Secut follow
Flect bend
Prehend seize, grasp
Stricture 1. adverse criticism; censure 2. restriction
Convivial fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable, hospitable
Gress step walk go
Mor death
Corpulent bulky; obese; very fat
Retentive tenacious; able to retain or remember
Reprehend find fault with; rebuke
Sequential arranged in a sequence; orderly series
Cide killing
String bind, draw, draw tight
Vict conquer, show conclusively
Ped Foot
Impede hinder; obstruct; block
Tortuous(road) 1.full of twists or curves; winding 2. tricky; crooked
Incur 1.meet with something undesirable 2. bring upon oneself
Cred believe
Tactile 1. pertaining to the sense of touch 2. tangible
Tenacity firmness in holding fast; persistence
Created by: GraceLott
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