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RVocabulary Lesson 2
Lesson 2 Vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sub | under |
| subvert | To upset, to overthrow, to ruin |
| subservient | Excessively willing to yield; submissive |
| Torqueo, Torquere, Torsi, Torsum | to twist, to bend, to turn around |
| contort | to twist or bend out of shape |
| distort 1 | to change something to make it false |
| distort 2 | to twist (something) out of it's natural shape |
| Retort 1 | to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation |
| Retort 2 | a quick, sometimes witty, reply |
| tortuous 1 | having many twists and turns |
| tortuous 2 | Deceitfully roundabout, tricky |
| Verso, Versare, Versavi, Versatum | to turn, to turn around |
| adversity | hardship, misfortune |
| avert1 | to turn away one's eyes |
| avert 2 | to prevent |
| introvert | A person whose thoughts and intrests are directed inward |
| perverse | stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required |
| prose 1 | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse) |
| prose 2 | referring to speech or writing other than verse |