Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student Latin Roots 1-15

revive

bring back to life; restore

survive

outlive; remain alive after

vivacious

lively in temper or conduct

vivacity

liveliness of spirit

vivid

1. having the vigor and spirit of life
2. sharp and clear; graphic

vivify

enliven; make vivid

vivisection

operation on a living animal for scientific investigation

contortionist

person who can twist his or her body into odd postures

distort

1. twist out of shape; contort
2. twist out of the true meaning; misrepresent; pervert; falsify

extort

wrest from a person by force

retort (v.)

reply quicly or sharply

retort (n.)

quick, witty, or cutting reply

torsion

act of twisting; stress due to twisting forces exerted on a body

tortuous

1. full of twist or curves; winding, as a ______ road
2. tricky; crooked; circuitous

torture (v.)

1. wrench; twist
2. inflect severe pain upon

torture (n.)

anguish of body or mind; agony

convict (v.)

prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty

convict (n.)

person serving a prison sentence

conviction

1. state of having been judged guilty of an offense
2. strong belief

convince

persuade or show conclusively by arguement or proof

evict

1. expel by legal process, as to ____ a tenant
2. oust

evince

show clearly; disclose; reveal

invincible

incapable of being conquered

vanquish

overcome in battle; conquer; defeat

victor

winner; conqueror

fraction

one or more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment

fractious

apt to break out into passion; cross; irritable

fracture

1. break or crack
2. breaking of a bone

fragile

easily broken; frail; delicate

fragment

part broken off

infraction

act of breaking; breach; violation, as an ____ of a law

refract

bend from a straight path

refractory

resisting; intractable; hard to manage, as a ___ mule