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Vocabulary 13,14

Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book A Roeske

TermDefinition
accelerate to cause faster movement; to go faster
celerity swiftness; quickness; speed
concur to agree; to cooperate; to happen at the same time
discourse conversation; formal discussion in speech or writing
incur to meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself
precursor forerunner
succor help in time of distress; to give help
conglomeration a collection of unrelated things
abject humiliating and miserable; contemptible
conjecture a guess; an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence
interjection a word/phrase inserted between other words expressing emotion; not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence
assail to attack violently; to assault; to attack with words
desultory jumping from one thing to another; rambling; random
exult to rejoice greatly; to be triumphant
resilient capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched; recovering quickly from illness or misfortune
salient striking; conspicuous; projecting up or out
convalesce to recover health after illness
avail to use to one's own advantage
prevalent widely occurring or in general use
valor heroic courage; bravery
evolve to develop gradually; to change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life
voluble talkative; speaking in a steady, easy flow of words
ROOT: celer (L) swift
ROOT: curro, cursum, currere, cucurri (L) to run
ROOT: glomus (L) ball
ROOT: jacio, jacere, jeci, jactum (L) to throw
ROOT: salio, salire, salui, saltum (L) to jump, leap
ROOT: valeo, valere, valui, valitum (L) to be strong
ROOT: volvo, volvere, volvi, volutum (L) to revolve
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