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vocab 2
vocab chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subvert | to upset; to overthrow; to ruin |
| subservient | excessively willing to yield; subissive |
| contort | to twist or bend out of shape |
| distort | to change something to make it false |
| retort | to reply quickly and sharply; often as if in reply to an accusation |
| tortuous | having many twists and turns |
| adversity | hardship; misfotune |
| avert | to turn away(ones eyes) |
| introvert | a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward |
| perserverse | stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required |
| prose | straightforward; turned forward |