6 Vocabulary Unit 1

Question 1

apparel

Answer 1

(n) clothing; (v) to put clothes on, or dress up

Question 2

besiege

Answer 2

(v) attack by surrounding; cause worry or trouble

Question 3

compress

Answer 3

(v) press together, or reduce in size or volume; (n) folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Question 4

denounce

Answer 4

(v) to condemn openly or accuse formally

Question 5

dispatch

Answer 5

(v) to send off or out for a purpose, or to kill; (n) an official message, or promptness

Question 6

douse

Answer 6

(v) to plunge into a liquid, or to put out quickly

Question 7

expressly

Answer 7

(adv) plainly, or for a particular purpose

Question 8

famished

Answer 8

(adj) suffering severely from hunger

Question 9

forsake

Answer 9

(v) to give up or to leave

Question 10

gainful

Answer 10

(adj) profitable

Question 11

immense

Answer 11

(adj) very large

Question 12

inept

Answer 12

(adj) totally without skill or appropriateness

Question 13

ingenious

Answer 13

(adj) showing remarkable originality or resourcefulness

Question 14

instantaneous

Answer 14

(adj) done in an instant, or immediate

Question 15

irk

Answer 15

(v) to annoy or make weary

Question 16

libel

Answer 16

(n) a statement that unfairly or falsely harms a person’s reputation; (v) to write or publish such a statement

Question 17

misgiving

Answer 17

(n) a feeling of fear or doubt

Question 18

oaf

Answer 18

(n) a stupid person, or slow and clumsy individual

Question 19

recede

Answer 19

(v) to move backward, or to become more distant

Question 20

repast

Answer 20

(n) a meal