Question

(GOLD MEDAL!) Which word in the sentence is used Incorrectly?

A. The team crossing Antarctica By sled placed trust in the lead dog to avert dangerous crevasses.

B. Writers often avert to their own experience in both prose and poetry.

C. In some cultures politeness requires averting the eyes rather than looking directly at someone.

D. By breaking German codes during world war 2, British forces could avert some damage by preparing for air attack.

Answer 1

@Destinymasha @31356 @rose21

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

Omg okay a few more?

Answer 4

avert means to escape -yes

Answer 5

A. We often think of a good retort too late to use it.
B. In Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet retorts to the haughty lady Catherine, who delivers a retorts in return “I send no compliments to your mother”.
C “Really” and “You know?” are retorts we often hear in conversation.
D When Mrs. Hard Castle in the play she stoops to conquer scolds her son for playing a trick on her, he retorts, “Ecod mother All the parish says you spoiled me, and so you may take the fruits on it”

Answer 6

(Retort)

Answer 7

Retort is keyword

Answer 8

retort - insult

Answer 9

C “Really” and “You know?” are retorts we often hear in conversation.

Answer 10

So.. C? Or A?

Answer 11

A. Despite the gardeners perseverance in planting parsley, a hungry vole subverted all of her efforts.
B. Socrates was to be put to death for supposedly subverting the minds of Athenian youth by teaching them to reason.
C In 1917 the french government tried and executed Mata hari for subversion: conveying military secrets to the Germans.
D The speaker declared that racism still exists; it has only been subverted from our attention.

Answer 12

(Subvert)

Answer 13

subvert - overthrow

Answer 14

B?

Answer 15

Hmmm... im really thinking D

Answer 16

@Destinymasha U still there?

Answer 17

@Destinymasha ?

Answer 18

O_O... @Destinymasha R u there? Or..

Answer 19

sorry

Answer 20

Oh NP ^^

Answer 21

i was thinking D

Answer 22

i think B.....

Answer 23

Okay :)

Answer 24

A. In the middle Ages serfs were bound in subservience to their lord.
B. At the constitutional convention in 1787 the idea of being subservient to a national rather than a state government frightened some of the framers of the constitution.
C On a plantation the subservient who worked in the fields had a more difficult life, than those who skilled and craft.
D although seeming subservient to the new regime, the people quietly resisted.

Answer 25

(Subservient)

Answer 26

Sub - prepared to obey

Answer 27

(Remember, the question is INCORRECTLY, not CORRECTLY.. just sayin cuz im still confused on answers O_O)

Answer 28

so b
-i know that

Answer 29

Sooo.. B..

Answer 30

Lol XD Same answer :)

Answer 31

good

Answer 32

okay thanks :) I just gotta do 3 more vocab lessons :)

Answer 33

3 MORE!!!

Answer 34

Yush XD

Answer 35

Becuz, i wanna finish my work early today XD

Answer 36

dont worry, not that much questions :D LOL! I would LOVE to see your face when u said " 3 MORE!?!?!?!?"

Answer 37

~it was BAD lol

Answer 38

XD.. maybe it looks like this ----> https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=AxjrVoVjkNn89M&tbnid=_53ueUfEtgzhLM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dejavuedesigns.com%2Fchristmas-shopping-and-twisted-panties%2F&ei=fDECU7eqIYbLkAeWiYGACQ&bvm=bv.61535280,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNGAclDZ6Z4ITGmAsHU6sTbrnY5c1Q&ust=1392739063543263

Answer 39

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Answer 40

a little bit lol

Answer 41

XD