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Definition: (verb) Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. Synonyms: pervert, sophisticate, twist. Usage: Her lawyer had warned her that the prosecutor would convolute her testimony and use it to implicate her in the crime, but it still shocked her to see him do it so shamelessly.

Definition: (adjective) Unproductive of success. Synonyms: fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain. Usage: He would like to have done with life and its vanity altogether—so bootless and unsatisfactory the struggle, so cheerless and dreary the prospect seemed to him.

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by ludicrous, repulsive, or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner. Synonyms: monstrous. Usage: The addition of the grotesque, intentionally distorted sculpture entirely changed the character of the surrounding gardens.