WorksheetsClassical Roots 8 Lesson 2
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
to upset; to overthrow; to ruin
a)
subvert
b)
prose
c)
retort
d)
permeate
2.
excessively willing to yield; submissive
a)
subservient
b)
infer
c)
subvert
d)
adversity
3.
to twist or bend out of shape
a)
contort
b)
tortuous
c)
intent
d)
avert
4.
to change something to make it false; to twist out of its natural shape
a)
distort
b)
contort
c)
subservient
d)
defer
5.
to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation; a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply
a)
retort
b)
dilatory
c)
subvert
d)
elation
6.
having many twists and turns; deceitfully roundabout; tricky
a)
tortuous
b)
distort
c)
subservient
d)
intent
7.
hardship; misfortune
a)
adversity
b)
perverse
c)
prose
d)
dilatory
8.
to turn away (one's eyes); to prevent
a)
avert
b)
contort
c)
distort
d)
permeate
9.
a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward
a)
introvert
b)
persevere
c)
elation
d)
subservient
10.
stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
a)
perverse
b)
infer
c)
retort
d)
perennial
11.
ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse
a)
prose
b)
distort
c)
elation
d)
introvert
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