Definitions
The sharp striking of one thing against another
What is percussion?
What is elated?
Outgoing
What is introverted?
Per
<L. "through"
The grade 7/8s felt great __________ when they won the fundraising challenge!
What is elation?
To engage in a quarrel, a struggle, or rivalry
Hardship
What is adversity?
Poetry
What is prose?
Sub
<L. "under"
The students will have to __________ through running practice this afternoon
What is persevere?
To upset; to overthrow; to ruin
What is subvert?
Twisting
What is contortion?
Short-lived
What is perennial?
Torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortum
<L. "to twist," "to bend," "to turn around"
The students think they face great _________ when their teacher does not give them a desk change
What is adversity?
Tending to delay or to postpone
What is dilatory?
Disagreement
Encounter
What is avert?
verso, versare, versavi, versatum
<L. "to turn," "to turn around"
Everyone puts on deodorant after lunch so the smell of smelly students does not _________ the classroom
1. Having many twists and turns
2. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky
Penetrate
What is permeate?
Disobedient
fero, ferre, tuli, latum
<L. "to bring," "to bear," "to carry"
The __________ boys take longer to get through the bathroom than the girls...
What is dilatory?