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Vocabulary (Week #11)
Vocabulary from Week #11
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English
9th Grade
03/27/2014

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abrupt
Definition
1. broken off
2. sudden
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corrupt
Definition
1. changed from good to bad; vicious
2. change from good to bad; debase; pervert; falsify
Term
disrupt
Definition
break apart
Term
erupt
Definition
burst or break out
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incorruptible
Definition
inflexibly honest; incapable of being corrupted or bribed
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interrupt
Definition
break into or between; hinder; stop
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rupture
Definition
1. break; breaking
2. hostility
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fratricide
Definition
act of killing (or killer or) one's own brother
Term
genocide
Definition
deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
Term
germicide
Definition
substance that kills germs
Term
homicide
Definition
killing of one human by another
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infanticide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) an infant
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insecticide
Definition
preparation for killing insects
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matricide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) one's own mother
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patricide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) one's own father
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pesticide
Definition
substance that kills rats, insects, bacteria, etc.
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regicide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) a king
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sororicide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) one's own sister
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suicide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) one's own self
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tyrannicide
Definition
act of killing (or killer of) a tyrant
Term
astringent
Definition
1. drawing (the tissues) tightly together
2. stern; austere
3. substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood by contracting blood vessels
Term
boa constrictor
Definition
snake that "constricts" or crushes its prey in its coils
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constrict
Definition
draw together; bind
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restrict
Definition
keep within limits; confine
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stricture
Definition
an adverse criticism; censure
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stringent
Definition
strict (literally, "binding tight"); rigid; severe
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unrestricted
Definition
1. not confined within bounds; free
2. open to all
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