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viv/ vit
- Meaning
- life
All mouth no trousers
Meaning
Used to describe a person usually male who is boastful but can’t back himself up
Under the weather
Meaning
Tired or ill
Send someone to coventry
Meaning
Meaning to deliberately ostracise someone by ignoring them and generally pretending they don’t exist
Thick as thieves
Meaning
Close friends who share each other’s confidence
Throw a spanner in the works
Meaning
To do something that complicates a plan or even prevents it from succeeding
Convivial
Meaning
Con-together + viv-life
Cheerful and friendly in atmosphere or character
Friendly, lively, enjoyable
Affable, congenial, cordial, warm
Vivisection
Meaning
Viv-live + sect- to cut
The practice of doing experiment on living animals for medical or scientific research
Vivacious
Meaning
Having a lively, attractive personality
Animated
Zestful; energetic Ebullient
Curriculum vitae
Meaning
Course of life
Inter vivos
Meaning
Taking place between living persons as a gift or trust
Between living people
Oviparous
Meaning
Producing eggs rather than live babies
Viviparous
Meaning
Producing live babies from its body
Redivivus
Meaning
Reborn
Come back to life
Viable
Meaning
That can be done; that will be successful
Workable; feasible
Viva voce
Meaning
A spoken exam
(viv-live + voc-voice)
Vivarium
Meaning
An indoor place for keeping live animals and plants
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