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lesson 101
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SUB | under |
| subvert | To upset;or overthrow;to ruin |
| subservient | Excessively willing to yield; submissive |
| TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM | To twist, to bend, to turn around |
| contort | To twist or bend out of shape |
| distort | To change something to make it false To twist(something) out of its natural shape |
| retort | v. To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation n. A quick, witty, sometimes bitting reply |
| tortuous | adj. Having many twists and turns. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky |
| VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM | to turn, to turn around |
| adversity | Hardship; misfortune |
| avert | To turn away (ones eyes) To prevent |
| introvert | A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward. |
| perverse | Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required. |
| prose | Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that i, without verse). |