Chapter 2

Question 1

SUB

Question 2

subvert

Answer 2

tr. v. To upset; to overthrow; to ruin.

Question 3

subservient

Answer 3

adj. Excessively willing to yield; submissive.

Question 4

TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM

Question 5

contort

Answer 5

tr. v. To twist or bend out of shape

Question 6

distort

Answer 6

tr. v. 1. To change something to make it false.

2. To twist (something) out of its natural shape.

Question 7

retort

Answer 7

tr. and intr. v. To reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation.
n. A quick, witty, sometimes biting reply.

Question 8

tortuous

Answer 8

adj. 1. Having many twists and turns.

2. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky.

Question 9

VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM

Question 10

adversity

Answer 10

n. Hardship; misfortune.

Question 11

avert

Answer 11

tr. v. 1. To turn away (one’s eyes.)

2. To prevent.

Question 12

introvert

Answer 12

n. A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward.

Question 13

perverse

Answer 13

adj. Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required.

Question 14

prose

Answer 14

n. Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse.)
adj. Referring to speech or writing other than verse.