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lesson 2: motion
vocab. card
Question | Answer |
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sub | under |
subvert | to upset;to overthrow;to ruin |
subservient | excessively willing to yeild; submissive |
torqueo, torquere,torsi,tortum | to twist, to bend, to turn around |
contort | to twist or bend out of shape |
distort | 1. to change something to make it false 2. to twist (something)out of its natural shape |
retort | to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply |
tortuous | 1. having many twist and turns 2.deceitfully roundabout; tricky |
verso,versare,versavi,versatum | to turn, to turn around |
avert | 1.to turn away(ones eyes) 2.to prevent |
introvert | a persons whose thougts and intrests are directed inward |
perverse | stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required |
prose | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter |
adversity | hardship;misfortune |