Tortuous
Not direct or straightforward
TORQUERE, TORTUS
to twist
retort
To respond critically or sarcastically
extort
To wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand
VOLVERE, VOLUTUM
to roll, to turn
voluble
Talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech
convulted
Having too many twists and turns; overly complicated
evolve
To unfold; to develop or change gradually
FLECTERE, FLECTUM
to bend
inflexible
Too unchangeable in character or purpose
deflect
To cause to turn aside or away
inflection
Change in pitch or tone of the voice
VERTERE, VERSUM
to turn
adverse
Not helpful; harmful
revert
To fall back into an old condition
subvert
To undermine; to corrupt