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| astringent (adj.) | drawing tightly together/ stern; austere |
| stringent (n.) | substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels |
| boa constrictor | snake that "consrticts" or chrshes its prey in its coils |
| constrict | draw together; render narrower; shrink |
| restrict | keep within limits; confine |
| stricture | adverse criticism; centure |
| stringent | strict; rigid; severe |
| unrestricted | not condined within bounds; free/ open to all |
| carnivore | flesh-eating animal |
| carivorour | flesh-eating |
| devour | eat greedily or ravenously/seize upon and destroy |
| frugivorous | feeding on fruit |
| herbivore | plant-eating animal |
| herivorous | dependent on plants as food |
| insectivorous | dependent on insects as food |
| omnivore | person or animal that eats everything (both plants and animals) |
| omnivourous | eating everything, both plants and animals substances/ avidly taking in everything as an omnivourous reader |
| voracious | greedy in eating/ insatiable, as a boracious appetite |
| convivial | fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable |
| revive | bring back to life; restore |
| survive | outlive; remain alive after |
| vivacious | lively in temper or conduct |
| vivacity | liveliness of spirit |
| vivid | having vigor and spirit of life/ sharp and clear |
| vivify | enliven; make vivid |
| vivisection | operation on living animal for seientific investiagation |
| contorionist | person who can twist their body into odd postures |
| distort | twist out of shape; contort/ twist out of the true meaning; misrepresent; pervert; falsify |
| extort | wrest from a person by force |
| retort (v.) | reply quickly or sharply |
| retort (n.) | quick, qitty, or cutting reply |
| torsion | act of twisting; twisting of a body by two opposing forces |
| tortuous | full of twists or curver; winding, / tricky, crooked |
| torture (v.) | wrench; twist/ inflict severe pain upon |
| torture (n.) | anguish of body or mind; agony |
