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11 Cards in this Set
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to twist or bend out of shape
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contort
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Excessively willing to yield; submissive.(Looking out for others)
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Subservient
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to upset; to overthrow; to ruin.
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Subvert
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having many twists and turns.
Deceitfully rounddabout; tricky. |
tortuous
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Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter(that is, without verse.) Referring to speech or writting other than verse.
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prose
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stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required.
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perverse
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a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward.
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introvert
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to turn away (ones eyes)
to prevent |
Avert
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Hardship; misfortune.
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adversity
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to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation.
a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply. |
retort
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to change something to make it false.
to twist something out of its natural shape. |
distort
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