Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Carefully chosen words in the pamphlets may _____ readers to stage a sit-in

Incite

Even the most ___ sports-hater might be won over by the fast paced excitement of extreme snowboarding

Intransigent

Exigent

Urgent; pressing

Turbulent

Very excited or upset

The ____ emotions Jessie felt on a day-to-day basis left her exhausted

Turbulent

On the day Ben had the good fortune to be assigned a report on his favorite musician, he set out for the library with ____

Alacrity

The troops defending the fort feared that a huge enemy force would ____ the defenses of the stronghold

Assay

Rather than allowing its characters to develop, the film moves with _____ to the gory shootout at the end

Celerity

Turbid

Cloudy; confused

Marty's ____ account of his experiences during the war left the audience with a much clearer understanding of what happened

Cogent

Alacrity

Enthusiastic quickness

Because they were under extremely ____ circumstances, the committee took immediate action

Exigent

Nothing will ____ Kathleen more than seeing someone be unkind to a child

Perturb

Intransigent

Refusing to compromise

My aunt Pearl fainted dead away, but we were soon able to ____ her

Resuscitate

Solicitous

Showing care or worry

If you act a bit more ____ towards your clients, they will understand that you really want to help them

Solicitous

Celerity

Speed or quickness

Cogent

Strong and to the point; convincing

Resuscitate

To bring back to consciousness

Perturb

To make worried or upset

Incite

To stir up; to provoke

Assay

To test, analyze

Critics noted that the writer had once produced clear, delightful prose, but his poetry now was merely a(n) ___ and confusing stream

Turbid


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