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reading voacb2
vocab2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subvert | to upset ;to overthrow;to ruin |
| subservient | excessively willing to yeild;submissive |
| contort | to twist or bend out of shape |
| distort | to change something to make it false 2. to twist(something) out of it's natural shape |
| retort | to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation 2. a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply |
| tortuous | having many twists and turns |
| adversity | hardship; misfortune |
| avert | to turn away(one's eyes) 2.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 is, without verse) 2.referring to speech or writing other than verse |