Vocab 13 And 14 Definitions Flashcards
Accelerate
To cause a faster movement; to go faster
Celerity
Swiftness; quickness; speed
Concur
- to agree; to corporate
- to coincide; to happen simultaneously
Conglomeration
A collection of unrelated things
Conjecture
- an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess
- to conclude from insufficient evidence
Discourse
- conversation
- a formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing
- to talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing
Incur
To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself
Interjection
A word or phrase sometimes interested between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence
Precursor
Forerunner
Succor
- help in time of distress
- to render help to
Abject
- humiliating and miserable
- contemptible
Assail
- to attack violently; to assault
- to attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly
Avail
To use to one’s own advantage
Convalesce
To recover health after illness
Desultory
- jumping from one thing to another; rambling
- haphazard or random
Evolve
- to develop gradually
- to change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life
Exult
To rejoice greatly; to be triumphant
Prevalent
Widely occurring or in general use
Resilient
- capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched
- buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune
Salient
- conspicuous; striking
- projecting up or out
Valor
Heroic courage; bravery
Voluble
Speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib
