Lesson 13: Sports

Let's accelerate our learning with words from the Latin root CELER, meaning "swift." These words are all about moving fast!

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• To meet the deadline, the team had to accelerate its work pace, which was the opposite of slowing down. (Antonym)
• The cheetah is known for its celerity, and its incredible speed makes it a formidable hunter. (Context)

Get ready to run into some new vocabulary from the Latin roots CURRO, meaning "to run," and CURSOR, meaning "runner."

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• It is unwise to buy things you cannot afford and incur heavy debt from the bank. (Correct Usage)
• The original black-and-white television was the precursor to the modern smart TV. (Context)
• After a long and heated discourse about where to go for dinner, my parents finally decided on pizza. (Context)

This next word rolls up from the Latin root GLOMUS, meaning "ball."

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• Her bookshelf was a conglomeration of fantasy novels, science textbooks, and old comic books—a truly diverse collection. (Synonym)

Let's explore words that are "thrown" into language from the Latin root JACIO, meaning "to throw."

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• Living in abject poverty means being in a wretched and miserable state with no resources. (Synonym)
• Without any facts, the detective's theory about the culprit was pure conjecture, or just a guess. (Context)
• An interjection like "Wow!" is a short, sudden word, which is the opposite of a long, formal discourse. (Antonym)