Ch 4.2: Unit 14

These words follow from the Latin root SEQUI, meaning "to follow."

Key Words

Example Usage

• The coach was impressed with the team's flawless execution of the complex play.
• It rained for three consecutive days, ruining our plans for the weekend.

Word Spark

• inconsequential: Like spilling a single drop of water on the table; it's so minor it doesn't matter.
• execution: Think of a gymnast perfectly sticking a landing after a difficult routine.

Let's run with the Latin root CURRERE, CURSUM, meaning "to run."

Key Words

Example Usage

• If you keep missing practice, you will incur the coach's disappointment.
• A courier arrived with a special package that needed a signature.

Word Spark

• incur: Like getting a bad grade because you decided not to study for the test.
• recurrent: Think of having the same strange dream every night for a week.

Step by step, we'll learn words from the Latin root GRADI, GRESSUM, meaning "to step."

Key Words

Example Usage

• The teacher reminded the students not to digress from the topic of their essays.
• When my little brother is tired, he tends to regress and start using baby talk.

Word Spark

• regress: Think of a potty-trained toddler suddenly having accidents again after a new baby arrives.
• digress: Like your friend telling you about a movie but then starts talking about the popcorn they ate.

Let's take a walk with the Latin root AMBULARE, AMBULATUM, meaning "to walk."

Key Words

Example Usage

• The preamble to the club's charter explains the group's mission and goals.
• After the surgery, my grandmother was happy to be ambulatory and walk around the garden.

Word Spark

• amble: Like a relaxed walk through a quiet park on a sunny afternoon with no rush.
• preamble: Think of the introductory text that scrolls up the screen at the start of a Star Wars movie.