List 1-6

Question 1

rust

Answer 1

burst or break

Question 2

abrupt, adj.

Answer 2

1. broken off

2. sudden

Question 3

corrupt, adj. or v.

Answer 3

1. changed from good to bad; vicious

2. change from good to bad; debase; pervert’ falsify

Question 4

disrupt, v.

Answer 4

break apart

ex. minor disruption in class

Question 5

erupt, v.

Answer 5

break out or burst

ex. volcano or fight

Question 6

incorruptible, adj.

Answer 6

unable of being corrupted or bribed; inflexibly honest

Question 7

interrupt, v.

Answer 7

break into something or between; hinder; stop

ex. major interruption; road runner eating paper in the middle of the class

Question 8

rupture, n. or v.

Answer 8

1. break; breathing
2. hostility
   ex. break in water main or hostile friendship

Question 9

-cide

Answer 9

killing or killer

Question 10

fratricide

Answer 10

killing of a brother

Question 11

genocide

Answer 11

killing multiple people to eliminate a race or cultural group

Question 12

germicide

Answer 12

to kill germs (substance)

Question 13

homicide

Answer 13

killing of a person by another

Question 14

infanticide

Answer 14

killing of an infant

Question 15

matricide

Answer 15

kill a mother

Question 16

patricide

Answer 16

kill a father

Question 17

pesticide

Answer 17

killing of bugs, rats, bacteria and etc.

Question 18

regicide

Answer 18

act of killing (or killer of ) a king

Question 19

sororicide

Answer 19

killing of a sister

Question 20

suicide

Answer 20

killing of yourself

Question 21

tyrannicide

Answer 21

act of killing or (killer of) of tyrant

Question 22

string/ strict

Answer 22

bind or draw tight

Question 23

astringent

Answer 23

1. stern; austere
2. not binded tight
3. substance that shrinks tissue and check the flow by contracting blood vessels

Question 24

boa constrictor

Answer 24

snake that constricts or crushes its prey in its coils

Question 25

constrict

Answer 25

draw together; bind

Question 26

restrict

Answer 26

keep within limits ; confine

Question 27

stricture

Answer 27

an adverse criticism; censure

Question 28

stringent or strict

Answer 28

(literally “binding tight”); rigid; severe

Question 29

unrestricted

Answer 29

1. not confined within bounds; free

2. open to all

Question 30

vor

Answer 30

eat greadily

Question 31

carnivorous

Answer 31

eat meat (flesh- eating)

Question 32

devour

Answer 32

eat greadily quickly ?seize upon and destroy

Question 33

herbivorous

Answer 33

eat plants only

Question 34

insectivorous

Answer 34

eat insects only

Question 35

omnivorous

Answer 35

1. eat meat and plants

2. fond of all kinds

Question 36

voracious

Answer 36

1. greedy in eating

2. insatiable, as voracious reader

Question 37

viv

Answer 37

live, alive

Question 38

convivial

Answer 38

hospitable; fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial

Question 39

revive

Answer 39

live again= restore

Question 40

survive

Answer 40

continue living; outlive; remain alive after

Question 41

vivid

Answer 41

1. full of life

2. sharp and clear; graphic

Question 42

vivify

Answer 42

enliven; made vivid

Question 43

vivisection

Answer 43

operation on a living animal for specific investigation

Question 44

tort (tors)

Answer 44

twist

Question 45

contortonist

Answer 45

person who can twist his/ her body into odd postures

Question 46

distort

Answer 46

twist out of shape, contort; falsify

Question 47

extort

Answer 47

wrest (money, promises and etc.) from a person by force (literally meaning ‘twist out’)

Question 48

retort

Answer 48

reply quickly or sharply in kind (twist back)

Question 49

torsion

Answer 49

act of twisting, twisting of a body by two equal and opposite forces

Question 50

tortuous

Answer 50

full oftqists and curves; winding; as a tortuous road

Question 51

torure

Answer 51

wrench; twist; inflict severe pain upon