Unit 1 Words
Going on without a stop or break
Continuous
Avoiding unnecessary risks or mistakes
Cautious
Quick to fight or quarrel, tending to violence; bold and forceful, determined
Aggressive
To hide or keep secret, to place out of sight
Conceal
To tear down, break to pieces
Demolish
A written or printed record that gives information or proof
Document
To look down on intensely or or feel contempt for, dislike strongly
Despise
To stay longer than expected, be slow in leaving; to go slowly or take one's time
Linger
To do, make happen, succeed in carry through
Accomplish
To force obedience to
Enforce
To refuse to accept, agree to, believe, or use
Reject
A person who rules over a kingdom or empire
Monarch
Able to bend without breaking; able to change or to take in new ideas
Flexible
Having a sharpened edge; quick and sharp in thought or in sight, hearing, or smell; eager
Keen
Warm and friendly; healthy, lively, and strong; large and satisfying to the appetite
Hearty
The army _________ listened attentively
Veterans
Coach decided to __________ the practice
Postpone
The movie captures the _______ of Paris
Glamour
We watched the runners ________ for the finish line
Spurt
An ________ guard spotted the vandals
Observant
A witness saw the two men _________ in an alley
Scuffle
That hill can be a __________ climb in the winter
Treacherous
The ________of most insects' lives is very brief
Span
A ________ ocean stretched into the distance
Vast
Richard Nixon was the first president to ________ from office
Resign