KIDS QUIZ
SCIENCE FICTION
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the inevitable order of events; fate
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to enter as an enemy; intrude
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to turn away; keep from happening
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an offer; a show of willingness to deal; an introduction to an opera or other long musical work; any introductory session
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Detailed explanation-1: -To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster-either way, you are avoiding something. The verb avert comes from Latin roots that mean “to turn away from.” Averting has that sense of deflecting, turning away, or preventing something (usually bad) from happening.
Detailed explanation-2: -: to turn away or aside (the eyes, one’s gaze, etc.) in avoidance. I found the sight so grotesque that I had to avert my eyes … John Gregory Dunne. : to see coming and ward off : avoid.
Detailed explanation-3: -To talk about preventing something bad from happening, the verb avert can be used. We had to act quickly to avert disaster. If something prevents something else by making it impossible, you can use the verb prohibit.