reverse
to turn backward or opposite
Roots
- re-: back, again, or backward motion
- vers / vert / verg: turn, bend, or incline
Other words with the vers / vert / verg root
- adverse: unfavorable or opposed
- advertise: to call attention to something
- aversion: strong dislike or turning away
- avert: to turn away or prevent
- converge: to come together toward one point
- diverge: to move apart from a shared point
- divergent: moving or developing in different directions
- divert: to turn aside or redirect
Reverse turns direction around: what faced forward now faces back.
She reversed her plan after seeing which mistakes kept returning.