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11 Cards in this Set
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tortuous
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1. having many twists and turns
2. deceitfully roundabout; tricky |
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adversity
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hardship; misfortune
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subvert
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to upset; to overthrow; to ruin
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retort
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1. to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation
2. a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply |
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avert
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1. to turn away
2. to prevent |
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subservient
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excessively willing to yield; submissive
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introvert
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a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward
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contort
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to twist or bend out of shape
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perverse
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stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
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distort
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1. to change something to make it false
2. to twist(something) out of it's natural shape |
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prose
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1. ordinary speech or writting without rhyme or meter
2. referring to speech or writting other than verse |
