Weekly Vocab Les. 37

Which word would complete the following sentence: My family was planning a trip next summer to hike to the _ of several mountains in Utah.

• perversion

• vertex

• adversary

• torsion

Which word word complete the following sentence: During the yoga class the participants were asked to _ their bodies into many different poses to stretch their muscles.

• avert

• converse

• contort

• rotate

Which vocabulary word below is a synonym for opponent?

• conversant

• torsion

• torturous

• adversary

This word means a turning away from what is right or true, or a corruption.

• aversion

• perversion

• torsion

• rotation

The dish to the right is referred to as cream corn, which many people would find disgusting. What do you call a strong dislike for something?

• torturous

• versatile

• torsion

• aversion

One of the challenges to show strength was to wring out as much water as possible from a wet towel. This challenge is measuring a person's _ strength, in other words their ability to twist.

• torsion

• rotation

• contort

• versatile

Which word below is an antonym for the word pleasant?

• versatile

• adversary

• torturous

• conversant

To be familiar or acquainted with means something is _.

• vertex

• versatile

• torturous

• conversant

The Earth's spin on its axis each day is an example of a _.

• perversion

• rotation

• aversion

• torsion

Believe it or not... toothpaste can be used for more than just cleaning your teeth. For example, toothpaste can be used to clean the film off of headlights on a car or to polish silver. Therefore, toothpaste could be described as a(n) _ item for its many uses.

• averting

• versatile

• contorted

• adversarial