Vocabulary and Word Parts Quiz

What is the meaning of the root 'vert/vers'?

• a) conquer

• b) round, ball

• c) to turn or turn around.

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What is the meaning of the root 'vinc/vict'?

• conquer

• round, ball

• to turn or turn around

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What is the meaning of the root 'spher'?

• a) conquer

• b) round, ball

• c) to turn or turn around

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What does the word 'Divert' mean?

• to turn aside (change route)

• to turn away (from danger)

• able to do many things

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What does the word 'Perverse' mean?

• to feel extreme anger as in the word, perturbed

• inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper

• small-minded; uninformed about the rest of the world

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What does the word 'Avert' mean?

• to turn away or aside (from danger)

• to turn aside (to change path)

• To flip upside down while twisting, as is demonstrated in gymnastics

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What does the word 'Versatile' mean?

• able to do many things well

• When two individuals or teams compete or try to conquer one another (as in versus)

• the part of the earth that rotates on y axis

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What does the word 'Evince' mean?

• to be outward evidence of; to show or reveal

• to shine a bright light into a dark space

• things that happen for brief moments or time and may require tickets

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What does the word 'Invincible' mean?

• unable to be conquered

• to make a victim of

• when pain creates a wince in someone's expression

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What does the word 'Provincial' mean?

• limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded

• To prevent something negative from happening to others

• to live in poverty

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