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Unit 14
Sequi/Sec, Cur/Cour, Grad, Ambl/Ambul
12
English
9th Grade
05/03/2012

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Cards

Term

segui/sec-to follow                                            14

 

Inconsequential-adj

Definition

Having no effect or importance

syn:trivial;ant:essential

 

What once seemed like a major event in my life now seems entirely ___.

Term

sequi/sec-to follow                                            14

 

Consecutive-adj

Definition

Following in order

syn:sequential

For fourteen ____ days, snow fell on the city. 

Term

sequi/sec-to follow                                            14

 

Execution-n

Definition

The way something is done

syn:operation, performance

The spectators were astonished at the skater's perfect ___ of a difficult jump.

Term

cur/cour-to run                                                  14

 

Courier-n

Definition

one who carries and delivers

 

As a ___, Tom delivered packages to many interesting places.

Term

cur/cour-to run                                                   14

 

Incur-v

Definition

To bring about

syn:acquire;ant:avoid

 

If you don't want to ___ your math teacher's anger, you should finish your homework.

Term

cur/cour-to run                                                   14

 

Recurrent-adj

Definition

Happening repeatly

syn:habitual;ant:infequent

 

At the town meeting, some residents complained about the ___ problem of reckless driving. 

Term

grad-to step                                                       14

 

Gradualism-n

Definition

A policy which involes taking small measured actions

 

When asked about how to deal with the nations economy, the vice president recommended a kind of ____.

Term

grad-to step                                                       14

 

Regress-v

Definition

To go back to a less mature or less possitive state

syn:slip back;ant:improve

 

Whenever the two adult brothers got together, they seemed to ___ to the age of thirteen.

Term

grad-to step                                                        14

 

Digress-v

Definition

To move away from the topic on hand;rample

syn:depart;ant:continue, stick to

 

The speaker started to ___ from his intended subject, but he noticed the audience looking bored, and he stopped.

Term

ambl/ambul-to walk                                          14

 

amble-v

Definition

to causually walk;stroll

ant:hurry

Monique ___ up to the other children on the beach and asked what they were doing.

Term

ambl/ambul-to walk                                         14

 

ambulatory-adj

Definition

Able to work

 

After months of physical therapy, the patient was ____ again.

Term

ambl/ambul-to walk                                          14

 

Preamble-n

Definition

A passage or speech which introduces another longer passage or speech.

 

In the __- to the U.S Declaration of Independence, Jefferson state the reasons the colonies are rebelling against Britain.

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