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7th - VCR A Lssn 13
Vocabulary from Classical Roots A, Lesson 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tempus ludendi. | (Latin) A time for playing. |
| celer | (Latin) swift |
| accelerate | (tr. and intr. v.) to cause faster movement; to go faster |
| celerity | (n.) swiftness; quickness; speed |
| curro, currere | (Latin) to run |
| cursor, cursoris | (Latin) a runner |
| concur | (intr. v.) to agree; to cooperate |
| concur | (intr. v.) to coincide; to happen simultaneously |
| discourse | (n.) conversation |
| discourse | (n.) a formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing |
| discourse | (intr. v.) to talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing |
| incur | (tr. v.) to meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself |
| precursor | (n.) forerunner |
| succor | (n.) help in time of distress |
| succor | (tr. v.) to render help to |
| glomus | (Latin) a ball |
| conglomeration | (n.) a collection of unrelated things |
| jacio, jacere | (Latin) to throw |
| abject | (adj.) humiliating and miserable |
| abject | (adj.) contemptible |
| conjecture | (n.) an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess |
| conjecture | (tr. and intr. v.) to conclude from insufficient evidence |
| interjection | (n.) a word or phrase sometimes inserted between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence |