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urb & vers/vert
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| urb | Latin- “city” |
| urban | (adj) of or relating to cities and the people who live in them. |
| suburb | (n) a town or other area where people live in houses near a larger city. |
| suburbanite | (n) a person who lives in a suburb ) a small town near a large city) |
| urbane | (adj) polite and confident; fashionable and somewhat formal. |
| urbanize | (v) to cause to take on urban characteristics; to impart an urban way of life to. |
| vers, vert | Latin- “to turn” |
| reverse | (adj) going in or turning toward the direction opposite to that previously stated. |
| adversary | (n) one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute. |
| controversial | (adj) giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement. |
| invert | (v) to put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement. |
| vertebrate | (n) an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. |
| introvert | (n) a shy person. |
| traverse | (v) to move something back and forth or sideways; travel across or through. |
| vertigo | (n) a sensation in which a person or a person’s surroundings seem to whirl dizzily; a confused or bewildered state of mind. |
| divert | (v) to cause someone or something to change course or turn from one direction to another. |
| vertebrae | (n) each of the series of small bones forming the backbone |
| adverse | (adj) preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable. ie. The rash was evidence of an adverse reaction to the medicine. |