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“avert”
aver, avert, divert, evert
aver (uh VUR) (verb)
To affirm positively; to declare, to proclaim: Yes, the witness did aver that he had seen the suspect at the scene of the crime.
avert (uh VURT) (verb)
1. To turn aside, to turn away: Lucia decided to avert her head so Jack couldn't see her face.
2. To prevent, to turn away: The quick arrival of firefighters would avert a major forest fire.
2. To prevent, to turn away: The quick arrival of firefighters would avert a major forest fire.
divert (di VURT) (verb)
1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic had to divert around the scene of the accident.
2. To distract; to turn from serious thoughts: Divert Gwen's attention by pointing up to the sky.
3. To entertain by distracting attention of someone from worrisome thoughts or concerns; to amuse or to entertain: The teacher's funny stories helped to divert the children in the class from being so noisy.
2. To distract; to turn from serious thoughts: Divert Gwen's attention by pointing up to the sky.
3. To entertain by distracting attention of someone from worrisome thoughts or concerns; to amuse or to entertain: The teacher's funny stories helped to divert the children in the class from being so noisy.
evert (i VURT) (verb)
To turn outward or inside out, as any saclike object: The doctor had to evert Kate's eyelid so he could remove the irritating grain of sand.
Essie will aver to you that the clerk at the bake shop attempted to divert her attention by getting her to avert her eyes when he had to evert the bag in which she was placing the doughnuts that Essie was buying.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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avert (uh VURT) (verb), averts; averted; averting
1. To turn away: Mr. Pyott had to avert his eyes from the sight of the terrible auto accident that he saw on the highway.
3. To keep from happening or to avoid something: The quick arrival of the fire fighters averted a major forest fire.
Cathy averted her head so her mother couldn't see her face where she had bruised it when she fell on the slippery ice.
2. To ward off, to prevent, or to abstain from happening: Shirley averted an accident by driving her car carefully on a narrow street that was undergoing reconstruction, however a man who was driving in the same lane didn't avert the barrier on the side and so he had a bad accident.3. To keep from happening or to avoid something: The quick arrival of the fire fighters averted a major forest fire.
A man who averts danger turns it away from himself.
Tim averted his eyes by turning them away.
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a-, ab-, abs-
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vers-, vert-, -verse, -version, -version, -versation, -versal, -versary, -vert, vort-, vors-
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