Classical Roots Chapter 2

Question 0

subvert

Answer 0

to turn

to upset: to overthrow: to ruin

Question 1

under

Answer 1

sub

Question 2

subservient

Answer 2

to serve

excessively willing to yield; submissive

Question 3

to twist
to bend
to turn around

Answer 3

torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortum

Question 4

contort

Answer 4

with

to twist or bend out of shape

Question 5

distort

Answer 5

apart
to change something to make false
to twist something our of it’s natural shape

Question 6

retort

Answer 6

back
again
to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation
a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply

Question 7

tortuous

Answer 7

having many twists and turns

deceitfully roundabout; tricky

Question 8

to turn

to turn around

Answer 8

verso, versare, versavi, versatum

Question 9

adversity

Answer 9

to
toward
hardship; misfortune

Question 10

avert

Answer 10

away from
to turn away (one’s eyes)
to prevent

Question 11

introvert

Answer 11

within
inward
a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward

Question 12

perverse

Answer 12

through

stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required

Question 13

prose

Answer 13

straightforward
turned forward
ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is without verse)
referring to speech or writing other than verse