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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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adversities |
| definition 1: |
a condition of misfortune or difficulty.
Many families faced adversity when the factory laid off half its workers.- synonyms:
- hardship, misery, misfortune, trouble
- antonyms:
- ease, prosperity
- similar words:
- affliction, cross, suffering, trial, tribulation, woe
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| definition 2: |
an adverse event or circumstance.
- synonyms:
- accident, affliction, blow, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, setback
- similar words:
- calamity, catastrophe, comedown, cross, disaster, evil, hardship, tragedy, trial
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distress, ordeal, pinch, travail |
adjective + (n.)adversity
economic, enormous, extreme, unexpected
verb + (n.)adversity
adapt,
battle,
born,
bounce,
confront,
cope,
deal,
encounter,
endure,
experience,
face,
handle,
overcome,
persevere,
react,
rise,
skate,
struggle,
survive,
thrive,
transcend,
triumph,
weather,
withstand
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(n.)adversity
+ verb
achieve, breed, conquer, forge, strengthen, succeed, trust
noun + (n.)adversity
ability, capacity, courage, determination, disaster, discipline, face, faith, pressure, resilience, resolve, spirit, struggle, triumph, wisdom
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The word adversity
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
vers, vert
Latin
root
that means to turn; to be occupied with
Example words:
adversary, adversative, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advertisement, animadversion, animadvert, anniversary, averse, aversion, avert, controversial, controversy, controvert, conversable, conversant, conversation, converse1, convert, converter, convertible, covert, divers, diverse, diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divorce, eversion, evert, extraversion, extroversion, extrovert, inadvertence, inadvertent, intervertebral, introversion, introvert, inverse, inversion, invert, invertebrate, inverter, irreversible, malversation, obverse, perverse, perversion, perversity, pervert, reconvert, revers, reversal, reverse, reversible, reversion, revert, subversion, subvert, tergiversate, transversal, transverse, traverse, universalism, universality, universe, university, versatile, versatility, verse, versicle, version, verso, versus, vertebral, vertebrate, vertex, vertical, verticil, vertiginous, vice versa, vortex
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