Chapter 13

Question 1

accelerate

Answer 1

To cause faster movement; to go faster

Question 2

celerity

Answer 2

Swiftness; quickness; speed

Question 3

concur

Answer 3

1. To agree; to cooperate.

2. To coincide; to happen simultaneously

Question 4

discourse

Answer 4

n. 1. Conversation.
2. A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing.
intr. v. To talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing

Question 5

incur

Answer 5

tr. v. To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself.

Question 6

precursor

Answer 6

Forerunner.

Question 7

succor

Answer 7

n. Help in time of distress.

tr. v. To render help to.

Question 8

conglomeration

Answer 8

A collection of unrelated things.

Question 9

abject

Answer 9

adj. 1 Humiliating and miserable.

2. Contemptible.

Question 10

conjecture

Answer 10

n. An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess.

tr. and intr. v. To conclude from insufficient evidence.

Question 11

interjection

Answer 11

A word or phrase sometimes inserted between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence.

Question 12

CELER

Answer 12

L. swift

Question 13

CURRO, CURRERE, CUCURRI, CURSUM

Answer 13

L. to run

Question 14

CURSOR, CURSORIS

Answer 14

L. runner

Question 15

GLOMUS

Answer 15

L. ball

Question 16

JACIO, JACERE, JECI, JACTUM

Answer 16

L. to throw