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Vocab. Lesson 2;
Rootwords: SUB, TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM, VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subvert | 1) To upset; to overthrow; to ruin. |
| subservient | 1) Excessively willing to yield; submissive. |
| contort | 1) 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 | 1) To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation. 2) A quick, witty, sometimes biting reply. |
| tortuous | 1) Having many twists and turns. 2) Deceitfully roundabout; tricky. |
| adversity | 1) Hardship; misfortune. |
| avert | 1) To turn away (one's eyes). 2) To prevent. |
| introvert | 1) a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward. |
| perverse | 1) Stubbornly doiing something other than what is reasonable or required. |
| prose | 1) Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse) 2) Referring to speech or writing other than verse. |