celer/curro
glomus/ jacio
Salio
valeo/volvo
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100
n. help in time of distress; tr. v. to render help to
What is succor
100
n. a word or phrase sometimes inserted between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence.
What is interjection
100
intr v - to rejoice greatly; to be triumphant
What is exult
100
n. heroic courage; bravery
What is valor
100
Atalanta, outrunning all but one who challenged her in a footrace, is a mythological example of ________________.
What is celerity
200
tr v - to meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself.
What is incur
200
adj. - humiliating and miserable; contemptible
What is abject
200
adj. capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched; buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune
What is resilient
200
adj speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib
What is voluble
200
Conflicts arise when parents do not _____________ on methods of child rearing.
What is concur
300
n. converstaion; a formal discussion of a subject inspeech or writing intr. v. to talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing
What is discourse
300
n. an opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess tr and intr v - to conclude from insufficient evidence
What is conjecture
300
tr v - to attack violently; to assault; to attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly
What is assail
300
adj widely occurring or in general use
What is prevalent
300
Until this century a tuberculosis patient would expect to ________________ slowly in a sanitarium for a year.
What is convalesce
400
tr and intr. v. to cause faster movement; to go faster
What is accelerate
400
n. a collection of unrelated things
What is conglomeration
400
adj conspicuous; striking; projecting up or out
What is salient
400
intr v to recover health after illness
What is convalesce
400
The book as we know it _______________ from handwriting on papyrus to printing with movable type, a process invented by Johann Gutenberg.
What is evolved
500
intr. v. to agree; to cooperate; to coincide; to happen simultaneously
What is concur
500
The number of galaxies in the universe is still a matter of _______________.
What is conjecture
500
adj jumping from one thing to another; rambling.
What is desultory
500
intr v to develop gradually; to change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life.
What is evolve
500
At press conferences journalists _______________ the president with questions.
What is assail.
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