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ClassicRootsB.Unit2
ClassicalRootsUnit2
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| SUB | <L."under" |
| subvert | tr.v. To upset; to overthrow; to ruin subversion,n;subversive,adj;subverted,adj. |
| subservient | adj. Excessively willing to yeild; submissive subservience,n; subserviently,adv |
| sublime | noble,exsalted,majestic, inspiring awe or admiration |
| subjective | objective, resulting, from the thoughts, ideas, feelings, perception or conception of an idea |
| sublimate | to have a purifying affect |
| subside | to become active or intense |
| subterfuge | device used to hide ones true objective or goal or strategy |
| succumb | to give way yield submit to temptation |
| TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM | <L."to twist," "to bend," "to turn around," |
| contort | tr.v.To twist or bend out of shape. contorted,adj; contortion,n. |
| distort | tr.v.1.To change something to make it false. 2.To twist(something) out of its natural shape. |
| retort | tr. and intr.v. To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation. n.A quick,witty,sometimes biting reply. |
| tortuous | adj.1. Having many twists and turns. 2. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky. toruously, adv.; tortuousness,n. |
| tort | a wrongful act, injury and damage |
| truss | to tie; to bind; to bundle |
| VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM | <L."to turn," "to turn around," |
| adversity | n.Hardship; misforutne. adverse,adj.; adversely,adv. |
| avert | tr.v. To turn away (one's eyes) 2.To prevent. averted,adj |
| introvert | n.Aperson whose thoughts and interests are directed inward. introversion,n; introverted,adj. |
| perverse | adj.Stubbornly doing something other than wwhat is reasonable or required. perversely,adv.; perverseness,n.; perveristy,n. |
| prose | n.Ordinary speech or writing without ryhme or meter(that is, without verse). adj.Referring to speech or writing other that verse. prosaic.adj. |
| divert | to turn aside in course or direction ot to distract |
| revert | to go back in action thougth or speech, to return to a former state or oppinion |
| versatile | compatent, capable in many things, adaptable to many situations |
| extroversion | outward ant:introvert |
| vortex | actisity or situation that resembles a world wind in its affect and power |