Vocabulary List #14

Front

Inconsequential: adj.

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

Back

Having no effect or importance

Front

Consecutive: adj.

For fourteen consecutive days, snow fell on the city.

Back

Following in order

Front

Execution: n.

The spectators were astonished at the skater’s perfect execution of a difficult jump.

Back

The way something is done

Front

Courier: n.

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

Back

One who carries and delivers

Front

Incur: v.

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

Back

to bring about

Front

Recurrent: adj.

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

Back

Happening repeatedly

Front

Gradualism: n.

When asked about how to deal with the nation’s economy, the vice president recommended a kind of

gradualism.

Back

A policy that involves taking slow, measured actions

Front

Regress: v.

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

Back

to go back to a less mature or less positive state

Front

Digress: v.

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

Back

to move away from the topic at hand; to ramble

Front

Amble: v.

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

Back

to walk casually; to stroll