| A | B |
|---|
| SUB | <L. "under" |
| subvert | to upset;to overthrow; to ruin |
| subservient | excessively willing to yield; submissive. |
| TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM | <L. "to twist", "to bend", "to turn around" |
| contort | to twist or bend out of shape |
| distort | to change something to make it false |
| retort | to reply quickly and sharply, orten as if in reply to an accusation |
| retort2 | a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply2 |
| tortuous | having many twists and turns |
| tortuous2 | deceitfully roundabout; tricky2 |
| VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM | <L. "to turn", "to turn around" |
| adversity | hardship; misfortune |
| avert | to turn away |
| avert2 | to revent2 |
| introvert | a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward |
| perverse | stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required |
| prose | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse) |
| prose2 | referring to speech or writing other than verse2 |
