Lesson 13 Terms--Classical Roots--Book A

Question 1

root–celer (L.)

Answer 1

means “swift”

Question 2

accelerate

Answer 2

v. to cause faster movement; to go faster

Question 3

celerity

Answer 3

n. swiftness; quickness; speed

Question 4

roots–curro, currere, cucurri, cursum (L.)

Answer 4

to run

Question 5

roots–cursor, cursoris (L.)

Answer 5

runner

Question 6

concur

Answer 6

v. 1) to agree; to cooperate
2) to coincide; to happen simultaneously

Question 7

discourse

Answer 7

n. 1) conversation

2) a formal discussion of a subject in speech or wrtiting

v. to talk; to discuss formally in sppeach or writing

Question 8

incur

Answer 8

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

Question 9

precursor

Answer 9

n. forerunner

Question 10

succor

Answer 10

n. help in time of distress

v. to render help to

Question 11

root–glomus (L.)

Answer 11

“ball”

Question 12

conglomeration

Answer 12

n. a collection of unrelated things

Question 13

roots–jacio, jacere, jeci, jactum (L.)

Answer 13

“to throw”

Question 14

abject

Answer 14

adj. 1) humilating and miserable
2) contemptible (hateful)

Question 15

conjecture

Answer 15

n. an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess

v. to conclude from insufficient evidence

Question 16

interjection

Answer 16

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