Vocabulary From Classical Roots B Les 2

Front 1

SUB

Back 1

under

Front 2

subvert

Back 2

tr. v. To upset; to overthrow; to ruin.

Front 3

subservient

Back 3

adj. Excessively willing o yield; submissive.

Front 4

TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM

Back 4

to twist, to bend, to turn around

Front 5

contort

Back 5

tr. v. To twist or bend out of shape.

Front 6

distort

Back 6

tr.v 1. To change something to make it false.

2. To twist (something) out of its natural shape.

Front 7

retort

Back 7

tr. & intr. v. To reply quickly & sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation.

n. A quick, witty, sometimes biting reply.

Front 8

tortuous

Back 8

adj. 1. Having many twists & turns.

2. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky.

Front 9

VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM

Back 9

to turn, to turn around

Front 10

adversity

Back 10

n. Hardship; misfortune.

Front 11

avert

Back 11

tr. v. 1. To turn away (one's eyes).

2. To prevent.

Front 12

introvert

Back 12

n. A person whose thoughts & interests are directed inward.

Front 13

perverse

Back 13

adj. Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required.

Front 14

prose

Back 14

n. Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse); what we all speak & write unless we are composing poetry.

adj. Referring to speech or writing other than verse.