Vocabulary (Ch 13-14)

Question 1

to cause faster movement; to go faster

Answer 1

Accelerate

Celer (Latin) = Swift

Question 2

swiftness; quickness; speed

Answer 2

Celerity

Celer (Latin) = Swift

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Concur
Curro (Latin) = To run
Cursor (Latin) = runner

Question 4

1. Conversation. 2. A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing.

Answer 4

Discourse
Curro (Latin) = To run
Cursor (Latin) = runner

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Incur
Curro (Latin) = To run
Cursor (Latin) = runner

Question 6

forerunner

Answer 6

Precursor
Curro (Latin) = To run
Cursor (Latin) = runner

Question 7

1.Help in time of distress. 2. to render help to

Answer 7

Succor
Curro (Latin) = To run
Cursor (Latin) = runner

Question 8

a collection of unrelated things

Answer 8

Conglomeration

Glomus (Latin) = ball

Question 9

1.Humiliating and miserable. 2. contemptible

Answer 9

Abject

Jacio (Latin) = To throw

Question 10

1.An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess

Answer 10

Conjecture

Jacio (Latin) = To throw

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Interjection

Jacio (Latin) = To throw

Question 12

1. To attack violently; to assault. 2. To attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly.

Answer 12

assail

Salio (Latin) = to jump, to leap

Question 13

1. Jumping from one thing to another; rambling. 2. Haphazard or random.

Answer 13

desultory

Salio (Latin) = to jump, to leap

Question 14

To rejoice greatly; to be triumphant.

Answer 14

exult

Salio (Latin) = to jump, to leap

Question 15

1. Capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched. 2. Buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune.

Answer 15

resilient

Salio (Latin) = to jump, to leap

Question 16

1. Conspicuous; striking. 2. Projecting up or out.

Answer 16

salient

Salio (Latin) = to jump, to leap

Question 17

To recover health after illness.

Answer 17

convalesce

Valeo (Latin) = to be strong

Question 18

To use to one’s own advantage.

Answer 18

avail

Valeo (Latin) = to be strong

Question 19

Widely occurring or in general use.

Answer 19

prevalent

Valeo (Latin) = to be strong

Question 20

Heroic courage; bravery.

Answer 20

valor

Valeo (Latin) = to be strong

Question 21

1. To develop gradually. 2. To change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life.

Answer 21

evolve

volvo (Latin) = to revolve

Question 22

Speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib.

Answer 22

voluble

volvo (Latin) = to revolve