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Monday, January 16, 2012

Lessons 1 and 2 vocabulary

Percussion:I have a percussion instrument in my house.
Perennial: A rose is a perennial flower.
Permeate: The toxic gases permeate all over the city.
Persevere: The athlete persevered throughout the race, because of this he won.
Defer: The doctor deferred the day I was going to get surgery.
Dilatory: The race was dilatory.
Elation: I felt elation when I won the race.
Infer: The teacher inferred that Johnny was a bad kid.
Contend: Barcelona contends that it's the best club in the world.
Intent: The intent of the soccer team was to win the cup.
Subvert: The party pooper subverted the party.
Subservient: The dog was very subservient with his owner.
Contort: In the circus there are people that contort their body.
Distort: Photoshop can be used to distort pictures.
Retort: Many people retort when they are offended.
Tortuous: The road in the mountains may be very tortuous.
Adversity: Despite the adversity of loosing a job, my dad could find another one.
Avert: Jimmy averts from hurting his head by using a helmet.
Introvert: People that have no friends are very introvert.
Perverse: The perverse acting of a kid make them go to the office.
Prose: Usually people talk in prose.


PER:"through"
FERO, FERRE TULI, LATUM "to bring"
TENDO, TENDERE, TETENDI, TENSUM  "to stretch"
SUB "under" 
TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM "to twist"
VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM "to turn"

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