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Improve your vocabulary skills by identifying the correct word choice that fits the given context. Contains exercises from different units.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Unit Eighteen Unit Six Unit Twelve Unit Thirteen Unit Nineteen Unit One Unit Seven Unit Two Unit Eight Unit Fourteen Unit Twenty Unit Twenty-One Unit Three Unit Nine Unit Fifteen Unit Twenty-Two Unit Sixteen Unit Ten Unit Four Unit Eleven Unit Seventeen Unit Five
INTRODUCTION Each single word exercise is contained on a two-part slide. The first slide provides a context for the word. Examine the context and think of words that would fit. Click to identify the correct choice. Back to Table of Contents
UNIT ONE Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Rather than allowing its characters to develop, the film moves with _____ to the gory shootout at the end. (A) resuscitation (B) turbulence (C) celerity (D) alacrity (E) intransigence Back to Table of Contents
Unit One If you act a bit more _____ towards your clients, they will understand that you really want to help them. (A) intransigent (B) inciting (C) cogent (D) solicitous (E) turbulent Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Marty’s _____ account of his experiences during the war left the audience with a much clearer understanding of what had really happened. (A) turbid (B) cogent (C) exigent (D) solicitous (E) intransigent Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Nothing will _____ Kathleen more than seeing someone be unkind to a child. (A) assay (B) turbulent (C) resuscitate (D) incite (E) perturb Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Because they were under extremely _____ circumstances, the committee took immediate action. (A) turbid (B) cogent (C) exigent (D) turbulent (E) intransigent Back to Table of Contents
Unit One The troops defending the fort feared that a huge enemy force would _____ the defenses of the stronghold. (A) solicit (B) assay (C) incite (D) resuscitate (E) perturb Back to Table of Contents
Unit One My Aunt Pearl fainted dead away, but we were soon able to _____ her. (A) resuscitate (B) intransigent (C) incite (D) assay (E) perturb Back to Table of Contents
Unit One The _____ emotions Jessie felt on a day-to-day basis sometimes left her exhausted. (A) intransigent (B) alacrity (C) resuscitate (D) solicitous (E) turbulent Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Even the most _____ sports-hater might be won over by the fast-paced excitement of extreme snowboarding. (A) intransigent (B) exigent (C) turbulent (D) cogent (E) solicitous Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Critics noted that the writer had once produced clear, delightful prose, but his poetry now was merely a(n) _____ and confusing stream. (A) solicitous (B) exigent (C) turbid (D) turbulent (E) cogent Back to Table of Contents
Unit One On the day Ben had the good fortune to be assigned a report on his favorite musician, he set out for the library with _____. (A) assay (B) alacrity (C) turbid (D) exigency (E) celerity Back to Table of Contents
Unit One Carefully chosen words in the pamphlets may _____ readers to stage a sit-in. (A) turbid (B) perturb (C) resuscitate (D) assay (E) incite Back to Table of Contents
UNIT TWO Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two Mark, who had never enjoyed sports, was not able to _____ enthusiasm about the basketball game. (A) feign (B) degenerate (C) engender (D) transfigure (E) assay Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two Even though she had an unhappy childhood, Tamara never lost her _____ ability to find good in everything. (A) transfiguring (B) parturient (C) engendering (D) innate (E) nascent Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two No single _____ can contain the work of this multi-talented poet, musician, and painter. (A) repertory (B) exigent (C) genre (D) innate (E) alacrity Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two My _____ feeling of admiration for the artist soon grew into a strong emotional attachment. (A) nascent (B) feign (C) cognate (D) fictive (E) innate Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two Because the art forms are _____ with one another, we can assume they were originally one form. (A) fictive (B) cognate (C) feigned (D) exigent (E) transfigured Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two When roommates share a small apartment, extra courtesy can _____ harmonious relationships. (A) cognate (B) innate (C) transfigure (D) engender (E) feign Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two Actors auditioning for the part are expected to have a full _____ of roles spanning modern American theater. (A) alacrity (B) repertory (C) celerity (D) genre (E) degenerate Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two The _____ pause gave way to a rush of shouted ideas and suggestions. (A) nascent (B) parturient (C) innate (D) degenerate (E) fictive Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two The otherwise ordinary painting was _____ into a stunning portrait by the afternoon light glowing around it. (A) transfigured (B) innate (C) fictive (D) feigned (E) degenerate Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two When some of the information submitted in court was found to be _____, a new trial had to be ordered. (A) fictive (B) nascent (C) engendered (D) parturient (E) innate Back to Table of Contents
Unit Two A longtime local _____ was picked up by police for cruelty to animals. (A) cognate (B) transfigure (C) repertory (D) genre (E) degenerate Back to Table of Contents
UNIT THREE Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three In a voice that grew more and more _____, Danny insisted that he had not been present on the night of the crime. (A) methodical (B) episodic (C) vehement (D) emblematic (E) diabolical Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three Since callers to the emergency line often used _____ to describe their injuries, the medical staff tended not to take them seriously. (A) demise (B) repertory (C) hyperbole (D) synod (E) genre Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three Television may be bad for society, but has it really brought about the _____ of our culture? (A) emblematic (B) episode (C) emblem (D) synod (E) demise Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three Nothing is more _____ of the success of international trade than the thriving marketplace in the center of the city. (A) diabolical (B) methodical (C) emblematic (D) exigent (E) fictive Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three The _____ nature of the author’s poems makes it easy to spot recurring patterns and cycles. (A) turbid (B) remitting (C) episodic (D) emblematic (E) inveighing Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three From the disorderly state of the room, Anita _____ that the children had been roughhousing again. (A) diabolical (B) episodic (C) remitted (D) surmised (E) inveighed Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three When the investigative reporter looked more closely into the crime, she found a conspiracy so _____ that it made her hair stand on end. (A) diabolical (B) methodical (C) parturient (D) intransigent (E) vehement Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three The orator knew that choosing to _____ against the Emperor would mean certain death. (A) engender (B) incite (C) surmise (D) inveigh (E) remit Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three If you _____ the lawyer’s fee before the trial, you will receive reimbursement after the case is settled in your favor. (A) inveigh (B) remit (C) surmise (D) feign (E) transfigure Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three George continued to work in his slow, _____ way, never deviating from the list in front of him. (A) episodic (B) methodical (C) vehement (D) turbulent (E) nascent Back to Table of Contents
Unit Three It fell to the _____ to issue rules governing the whole Church. (A) episode (B) synod (C) emblem (D) celerity (E) demise Back to Table of Contents
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Unit Four A more _____ person would have been eager to meet everyone at the party, but Wendell, a shy child, hung back. (A) vehement (B) bucolic (C) idyllic (D) pastoral (E) gregarious Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four Ray, who had spent his life in the big city, was now in search of a more _____ lifestyle. (A) degenerative (B) rustic (C) aggregate (D) cogent (E) gregarious Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four Abbie feared that her efforts to build a playground for the children might be _____, leaving them with the same trash-strewn vacant lot they had had for years. (A) idyllic (B) fruitless (C) pastoral (D) agrarian (E) emblematic Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four Because the population is largely _____, it has needs that are different from those of the city-dwellers an hour away. (A) aggregate (B) bucolic (C) idyllic (D) agrarian (E) pastoral Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four The play opens in a(n) _____ setting, complete with sheep and hay bales. (A) exigent (B) pastoral (C) idyllic (D) fruitless (E) egregious Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four To celebrate the athlete’s success, the town held a grand _____ and invited everyone to dine. (A) aggregation (B) idyll (C) peregrination (D) repast (E) pastoral Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four Since talks between the divorcing couple were clearly not coming to _____, their lawyers decided to meet in court. (A) fruition (B) repast (C) peregrination (D) aggregation (E) pastoral Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four The poet’s _____ in the isolated northern desert led him to write a book of verses on travel. (A) fruition (B) synod (C) idyll (D) peregrination (E) repast Back to Table of Contents
Unit Four We enjoyed a(n) _____ holiday in the countryside of Ireland. (A) bucolic (B) vehement (C) idyllic (D) agrarian (E) pastoral Back to Table of Contents
