Unit 9 Vocabulary (5 Words)

Which word means "to respond critically or sarcastically"?

• extort

• evolve

• retort

• deflect

Which word means "having too many twists and turns; overly complicated

• convoluted

• adverse

• voluble

• inflexible

Which word means "too unchangeable in character or purpose"?

• adverse

• inflexible

• convoluted

• voluble

Which word means "change in pitch or tone of the voice"?

• voluble

• tortuous

• subvert

• inflection

Which word means "to fall back into an old condition"?

• revert

• subvert

• deflect

• evolve

What does the word "convoluted" mean?

• having too many twists and turns; overly complicated; tangled

• too unchangeable in character or purpose

• to fall back into an old condition

• to respond critically or sarcastically

What does the word "inflexible" mean?

• to fall back into an old condition

• change in pitch or tone of voice

• too unchangeable in character or purpose

• to respond critically or sarcastically

What does the word "inflection" mean?

• having too many twists and turns; overly complicated

• too unchangeable in character or purpose

• change in pitch or tone of voice

• to fall back into an old condition

What does the word "revert" mean?

• to respond critically or sarcastically

• too unchangeable in character or purpose

• to fall back into an old condition

• change in pitch or tone of voice

What does the word "retort" mean?

• having too many twists and turns; overly complicated; tangled

• to respond critically or sarcastically

• change in pitch or tone of voice

• to fall back into an old condition