English Unit 9

Question 1

Torturous 

Answer 1

Not direct or straightforward

Question 2

Retort

Answer 2

To respond, critically or sarcastically

Question 3

Extort

Answer 3

To wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand 

Question 4

Voluble

Answer 4

Talkative, given to rapid, abundance speech 

Question 5

Convoluted

Answer 5

Having too many twists or turns; over the complicated 

Question 6

Evolve

Answer 6

To unfold; to develop or change gradually

Question 7

Inflexible 

Answer 7

To unchangeable character or purpose

Question 8

Deflect 

Answer 8

To cause to turn aside or away 

Question 9

Inflection 

Answer 9

Changing pitch or tone of the voice

Question 10

Adverse 

Answer 10

Not helpful; harmful 

Question 11

Revert 

Answer 11

To fall back into an old condition 

Question 12

Subvert 

Answer 12

To undermine; to corrupt 

Question 13

Vert/vers

Answer 13

To turn

Question 14

Flex/flect

Answer 14

To bend

Question 15

Volv/volu

Answer 15

To roll, to turn

Question 16

Tort/torq

Answer 16

To twist