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CR Lesson 2
Term | Definition |
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Sub (Latin) | Under |
Verso, Versare, Versave, Versatum (Latin) | to turn, to turn around |
Torqueu, Torsi, Torquere, Tortum (Latin) | To twist, to bend, to turn around |
Subvert (tr.v) | To upset; to overthrow; to ruin |
Subservient (adj) | Excessively willing to yield; submissive |
Contort (tr.v) | To twist or bend out of shape |
Distort (tr.v) | 1. To change something; to make it false 2. To twist something out of its natural shape |
Retort (tr. & in. v) | To reply quickly and sharply |
Retort (n) | A quick, often biting, reply |
Tortuous (adj) | 1. Having many twists and turns 2. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky |
Adversity (n) | Hardship; misfortune |
Avert (tr.v) | 1. To turn away (one's eyes) 2. To prevent |
Introvert (n) | A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward |
Perverse (adj) | Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required; odd |
Prose (n) | Ordinary writing without rhyme or meter(without verse) |
Prose (adj) | referring to speech or writing other than verse |