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English Words 2
Vocab Words
Question | Answer |
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Sub | Under |
Subvert | To upset; to overthrow; to ruin. Verb |
Subservient | Excessively willing to yield; submissive. Adj |
Contort | To twist or bend out of shape. Verb |
Distort | To change something to make it false. Verb |
Retort | To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to and accusation. Verb |
Tortuous | Having many twists and turns. Adj |
Adversity | Hardship; misfortune. Noun |
Avert | To turn away. Verb |
Introvert | A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inwards. Noun |
Perverse | Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required. Adj. |
Prose | Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter. Noun |