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Spell Bee Word: Adversity


Basic Details

Word: Adversity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A very hard or unlucky time in someone's life, full of problems.

Synonyms: hardship, trouble, misfortune

Antonyms: prosperity, good fortune

How to Spell Adversity

Syllables: ad - ver - si - ty

Tricky part: The middle is ver, not var, and the s sound is written with s, not c. It ends in ity.

Watch out for: adversaty, advercity, advarsity

Memory tip: Adverse means harmful. Drop its e and add ity, the same way diverse turns into diversity.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The village showed great courage in the face of adversity after the flood.

Example 2: Adversity taught him to work harder.

Example 3: She stayed cheerful even in adversity.

Fun Fact

Adversity shares a Latin root, vertere (to turn), with reverse and convert. In adversity it can feel as if luck has turned against you.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: adversity

a) prosperity
b) hardship
c) misery
d) trouble

Show answer

a) prosperity. Prosperity is a time of success and plenty, the opposite of a hard time.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

adverssity

a) t
b) s
c) v
d) r

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b) s. Only one s comes before ity.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tsvidyare

a) adevrsity
b) advresity
c) adversety
d) adversity

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d) adversity. Group the letters as ad, ver, si and ty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A family facing adversity might be dealing with ____.

a) a picnic in the park
b) a race they won
c) a bowl of ice cream
d) a home lost in a storm

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d) a home lost in a storm

2. A person who smiles in adversity is ____.

a) rude to friends
b) lazy on holidays
c) brave during hard times
d) always lucky

Show answer

c) brave during hard times

Associated Words

forewordguiltsuitetorturedecide
acquirehuntressinterestrugbystream

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