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11 Cards in this Set
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To upset; to overthrow; to ruin
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Subvert..subversion, subversive, subverted
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Excessively willing to yield; submissive
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Subservient...subservience, subserviently
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To twist or bend out of shape.
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Contort...contorted, contortion
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To change something to make it false.
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Distort
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To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation
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Retort
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Having many twists and turns.
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Tortuous...tortuously, tortuousness
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Hardship; misfortune
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Adversity...adverse, adversely
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To turn away (one's eyes)
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Avert..adverted
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A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward.
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Introvert...introversion, introverted
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Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required.
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Perverse..perversely, perverseness, perversity
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Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse).
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Prose...prosaic
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