LLAJH Classical Roots Chapters 13 & 14
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29 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
celer (latin) | ![]() swift |
accelerate | ![]() to cause faster movement; to go faster |
celerity | swiftness; quickness; speed |
curro, currere, cucurri, cursum (latin) | ![]() to run |
cursor, cursoris (latin) | ![]() runner |
concur | ![]() 1. to agree; to cooperate 2. to coincide; to happen simultaneously |
discourse | ![]() 1. conversation 2. a formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing |
incur | to meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself |
precursor | ![]() forerunner |
succor | ![]() 1. help in time of distress 2. render help to |
glomus (latin) | ![]() ball |
conglomeration | a collection of unrelated things |
jacio, jacere, jeci, jactum (latin) | ![]() to throw |
abject | ![]() 1. humiliating and miserable 2. contemptible |
conjecture | an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess |
interjection | ![]() a word or phrase sometimes inserted between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence |
salio, salire, salui, saltum (latin) | ![]() to jump, to leap |
desultory | 1. jumping from one thing to another; rambling2. haphazard or random |
exult | ![]() to rejoice greatly; to be triumphant |
resilient | ![]() 1. capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched 2. buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfourtune |
salient | ![]() 1. conspicuous; striking 2. projecting up or out |
valeo, valere, valui, valitum (latin) | ![]() to be strong |
convalesce | ![]() to recover in health after illness |
avail | to use to one's own advantage |
prevalent | ![]() widely occurring or in general use |
valor | ![]() heroic courage; bravery |
volvo, volvere, volvi, volutum (latin) | ![]() to revolve |
evolve | 1. to develop gradually2. 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 |
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- "glomus (latin)" image
- "jacio, jacere, jeci, jactum (latin)" image
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- "salio, salire, salui, saltum (latin)" image
- "exult" image
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- "salient" image
- "valeo, valere, valui, valitum (latin)" image
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