1. Vers,vert
turn

2. anniversary The date on which an event occurs every year
Every year an event turns a year older
noun

3. On June 26th, my grandparents will have been married for sixty-six years. They will remember this anniversary with a celebration.

4. conversation A discussion that switches from one person to another
A discussion that “turns back and forth”

5. When two people take turns speaking back and forth to each other, they are having a conversation.

6. convert
To turn or change your beliefs or your way of thinking
verb

7. The Spanish missionaries worked to convert the Indians to Catholicism.

8. diversify
To divide up money into different investments so that if one area turns for the worse then you will be protected.
verb

9. The banker told me not to put all my money into one account, but to diversify and invest my money into different accounts.

10. diversion
Something that turns your attention off of what you are thinking about
noun

11. The music assembly was a welcome diversion from the academic work of the school day.

12. extrovert
A person who turns his or her attention outward toward other people
noun

13. Extroverts love to meet new people and are not shy at all!

14. introvert
A person who turns his or her attention inward toward himself or herself
A shy person
noun

15. Sarah was so quiet and shy and kept to herself at recess and the other students thought that she was an introvert.

16. invert
To turn or flip in the opposite direction
verb

17. I will invert the light switch and change the position from “on” to “off”.

18. revert To turn back to a previous action or thought
To go back in thought or speech
To give back
verb

19. Let’s revert to the discussion we had yesterday
Let’s revert to the discussion we had yesterday. We’ll revert to the ideas we had before.

20. subvert To corrupt or undermine; to turn against established authority
verb

21. If you go against the rules, you are trying to subvert them.
Someone who does something illegal subverts the law.

22. He tried to subvert the law and rob the bank, but the thief got caught!