EB Vocabulary

a person's career; a person's desire for a particular career

• incomprehensible

• compel

• sage

• vocation

• barrage

Don’t let someone _________________ you to do something that you feel is wrong.

• compel

• stupefy

• incomprehensible

• genre

• aficionado

The army retreated after it faced a _________________ of attacks from the enemy.

• barrage

• compel

• stupefy

• incomprehensible

• genre

She found the darkness of the woods _________________; it felt like someone was watching her from within the trees.

• disquieting

• compel

• stupefy

• incomprehensible

• genre

A(n) _________________ salesperson will lie to get you to purchase something

• unscrupulous

• compel

• stupefy

• incomprehensible

• genre

Force or pressure someone to do something.

• incomprehensible

• compel

• sage

• vocation

• barrage

Because of my limited knowledge of the Russian language, I find literature written in Russian to be _________________.

• incomprehensible

• compel

• stupefy

• genre

• aficionado

My teacher gave me some _________________ advice, wisely suggesting that I choose friends who appreciate me for who I am.

• sage

• compel

• stupefy

• incomprehensible

• genre

showing no morals; dishonest.

• incomprehensible

• disquieting

• unscrupulous

• compel

• barrage

She is a video game _________________; she has been playing video games ever since she got her first gaming system in 1983.

• aficionado

• compel

• stupefy

• incomprehensible

• genre