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Word Pictures & Definitions

Contort: when you have a lot of flexibility
 
































Distort: to twist of deform something

Retort: to reply in an educated way

Subvert: to overthrow

Subservient: the state of belonging to another rank 

Tortuous: with a lot of twists; twisted 

Adversity: fortunate


































Avert: to turn away or prevent something 

Introvert: a shy person

Perverse: to know what's going to happen

Prose: ordinary form of written language


































Vertigo: to get dizzy




























Extort: to take something illegally 

Torque: something that produces rotation

Vertebrae: bones that make up the spinal column 




























Vortex: a whirlpool in the water 

Tort: an act that produces an injury to another person

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"Synonyms" & "Antonyms"

Percussion;

     S: Drum
     A: Wind Instrument

Perennial;

     S: Infinity
     A: Second

Permeate;

     S: Gossip
     A: Secret

Persevere;

     S: Achievement
     A: Laziness

Defer;

     S: Slow
     A: Fast

Contend;

     S: Conflict
     A: Freedom

Intent;

     S: Concentrate
     A: Sleepy

Perspicacious;

     S: Compulsive
     A: Understanding

Perturb;

     S: Shouting
     A: Silence

Collate;

     S: Knowledge
     A: Ignorance

Oblate;

     S: Plate
     A: Sphere

Portend;

     S: Noise
     A: Quiet

Dilatory;

     S: Failure
     A: Saint

Elation;

     S: Ego
     A: Humility

Infer;

     S: Guess
     A: Research

Tendentious; 

     S: Spoiled
     A: Kind

Words in our OWN WORDS

“PER” (through)

Percussion: when anything makes sounds by hitting something against another thing.

Perennial: a long period of time that the end is unknown

Permeate: to spread all over a place, to enter inside another object.

Persevere: to hold to your assignment hard no matter the circumstances.

“FERO, FERRE, TULI, LATUM” (to bring, bear or and carry)

Defer: To make something delay, make a difference between an opinion.

Dilatory: The habit of postponing things.

Elation: Similar to ego, really good thoughts about yourself.

Infer: to use a set of clues to make a conclusion.

“TENDO, TENDERE, TETENDI, TENSUM” (to stretch)

Contend: to put yourself in trouble.

Intent: To focus and be dedicated in a specific task.

CHALLENGE WORDS:

Perspicacious: having a really perception and understanding of things

Perturb: to interrupt or disturb in a great scale

Collate: to gather information in kind of a chronological order, mostly clues like a report, sheets of a notebook, etc.

Oblate: an object flattened at the poles, mostly generated by an ellipse, also called a spheroid.

Portend: to make an indication before it happens, kind of in advance. Presage style (“fortunetelling”)

Tendentious: the habit of showing a definite tendency.