Vocabulary 1&2
First two sets revised
Terms
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- permeate
- to penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout
- distort
- to change something to make it false; to twist something out of its natural shape
- defer
- to postpone; to delay
- perennial
- lasting for an indefinitely long time; continuing regularly
- adversity
- hardship; misfortune
- dilatory
- tending to delay or to postpone
- elation
- excited feelings of pride, triumph, or happiness
- subservient
- excessively willing to yeild; submissive
- contort
- to twist or bend out of shape
- infer
- to use available evidence to form a conclusion; to guess with available information
- tortuous
- having many twists and turns; deceitfully roundabout; tricky
- prose
- ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse
- retort
- to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation; a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply (very smart)
- avert
- to turn away one's eyes; to prevent
- intent
- purpose; concentraing on or dedicated to an idea or action
- subvert
- to upset; to overthrow; to ruin
- persevere
- to hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obstacles
- introvert
- a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward
- contend
- to engage in a quarrel, a struggle, or rivalry; to assert; to put forward in argument
- percussion
- the sharp striking of one thing against another; instruments that make a sound when struck
- perverse
- stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required