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vocab lesson 14
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| salio, salire, salui, saltum | latin to jump, to leap |
| assail assailant (noun) | to attack violently, to assault |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another, rambling haphazard, or random |
| exult exultant (adj) exultantly (adv) exultation (noun) | to rejoice greatly, to be triuphant |
| resilient resilience (noun) | capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched Buoyant: recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune |
| salient saliently (adv) | conspicuous, striking projecting up or out |
| valeo, valere, valui, valitum | latin - to be strong |
| convalesce convalescence (noun) | to recover health after illness |
| avail | to use to one's own advantage note bene: as a noun, avail also means "benefit" or advantage |
| prevalent prevail (intr verb) prevalance (nount) | widely occurring or in general use |
| valor valorous (adj) | heroic courage, bravery |
| volve, volvere, volvi, volutum | latin - to revolve |
| evolve evolution (noun) evolutionary (adj) | to develop gradually, to change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life |
| voluble volubility (noun) volubly (adv) | speaking in a steady, easy flow of words, talkative, glib |