World Lit: Vocab Set 1

acquiesce

to give in peaceably; to comply

chastise

to scold severely or punish; castigate, censure

augment

to increase; to make something greater or bigger

condone

to overlook or pardon an offense; to excuse

amass

to accumulate, collect; to gather; to come together

disseminate

to disperse or spread everywhere (knowledge or ideas) as if sowing seeds

coalesce

to mix or come together from separate elements

concur

to agree; to approve; to coincide

digress

to wander off course in speaking or writing

laud

to praise, command, acclaim, extol

disperse

to spread all over; to disseminate; to fan out or scatter in a random way

efface

to erase or obliterate; to wear away (as by time)

cur/curr/cours

to run, course

precursor

a forerunner that hints at the future; harbinger

cursory

sketchy, not thorough; hasty, superficial