This document provides a 7th grade vocabulary list centered around the word roots "-vert" and "-verse" which both mean "to turn." It includes 10 words like versatile, introvert, and controversy along with their part of speech and definitions. At the end is a prompt for students to write a sentence using one of the vocabulary words.

1. This week’s vocabulary Words for 7th Grade
Word Roots: -vert- and -verse-
Week of Jan. 17, 2011
The word root -vert- and -verse- mean “to turn.”
# Word POS Definition
1 versatile adjective able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities
2 extrovert noun an outgoing, overtly expressive person
3 introvert noun a shy, reticent, and typically self-centered person
4 reverse verb move backwards
5 converted verb cause to change in form, character, or function
6 diversion noun something intended to distract someoneʼs attention from something
more important
7 adverse adjective preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable
8 controversy noun disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, or heated (passion
or conviction)
9 versus noun against (esp. in sports or legal use)
10 version noun a particular form of something differing in certain respects from an
earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing
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