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6th Voc Sports
Unit 8 Lesson 14 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assail | to attack violently; to assault |
| desultory | jumping from one thing to another; rambling; haphazard or random |
| exult | to rejoice greatly; to be triumphant |
| resilient | capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched; buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune. |
| salient | conspicuous; striking; 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 | speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib |