English Vocabulary With Root Word – Set 13 Free PDF Download

Vor

• Meaning
• To eat
  Latin
  Eat, consume, devour

Too see pink elephant

• Meaning
  To hallucinate or see things incorrectly due to acute alcohol intoxication
• Use
  When he started seeing pink elephants, he knew that he had to stop drinking too much

Stave off

• Meaning
  Prevent
  To stop something bad from happening or to keep an unwanted situation or person away
• Use
  They were hoping to stave off these difficult decisions until November, 2019

Other fish to fry

• Meaning
  More important work to attend

To take French Leave

• Meaning
  To take a leave without permission

Ambivorous

• Meaning
  Ambi- both + vor- to eat
  Eating both animals and vegetables

Carnivorous

• Meaning
  Carn- flesh
  Feeding on flesh

Apivorous

• Meaning
  Api-bee
  Feeding on bees

Folivorous

• Meaning
  Foli-leaves
  Feeding on leaves

Frugivorous

• Meaning
  Frugi- fruit
  Feeding on fruits

Formicivorous

• Meaning
  Feeding on ants

Graminivorous

• Meaning
  Feeding on grass

Granivorous

• Meaning
  Feeding on grains

Herbivorous

• Meaning
  Herbs- plants
  Feeding on herbs

Insectivorous

• Meaning
  Feeding on insects

Omnivorous

• Meaning
  Omni- all
  Feeding on everything

Piscivorous

• Meaning
  Pisci- fish
  Feeding on fish

Voracious

• Meaning
  Excessive desire for food
  DEVOUR- to eat quickly; to swallow down

Sanguivorous

• Meaning
  Sanguine- blood
  Feeding on blood

Merdivorous

• Meaning
  Feeding on dung

Ossivorous

• Meaning
  Feeding on bones

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