1. The document defines five vocabulary words: exigency, alacrity, annexation, subjugate, and tome. 2. Exigency refers to something that requires immediate aid or action. Alacrity means lively and eager readiness. Annexation is the action of taking over territory. 3. Subjugate means to force something to submit or subdue. A tome refers to a large or scholarly book, especially one that is part of a larger work.

1. Vocabulary Drill :

2. ● Five words :
1. Exigency
2. Alacrity
3. Annexation
4. Subjugate
5. Tome

3. 1. Exigency
•Requiring or demanding
immediate aid or action
•Needing urgent attention or
demanding too much from others
•Term comes from Latin word for “
demand “
•It was popularised in rhetorical
studies by Lloyd Bitzer in “ The
Rhetorical Situation. “

4. 2. Alacrity :
•Liveliness and eagerness
•Brisk and cheerful readiness
•Ex. She accepted the
invitation with an alacrity
that surprised me.

5. 3. Annexation :
• Action of annexing something
especially territory
•Synonyms : Occupation , take
over , expropriation
•It is administrative action and
concept in international law
relating to forcible transition of
one state‘s territory by other
state.
• Ex. The annexation of Austria
by Nazi Germany in 1938.

6. 4. Subjugate :
• Make subservient, force to
submit or subdue
•Bring under domination or
control , especially by
conquest
•Synonyms : Conquer ,
vanquish , defeat, crash,
overpower

7. 5. Tome
•Book : Especially large or scholarly
book
•Volume forming part of larger work
•Word comes from Latin word “
tomus “ which means section or roll
of papyrus
• A set of printed sheets of paper
bound together between covers and
forming a work of fiction or
nonfiction