Definitions Flashcards
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Besiege
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To attack surrounding with military forces.
2
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Compress
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To press together;to reduce in size or volume;a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury.
3
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Dispatch
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To send off or out for a purpose; to kill; an official message;promptness,speed; the act of killing
4
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Douse
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To plunge into a liquid,drench;to quickly extinguish
5
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Famished
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Suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something
6
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Gainful
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Profitable;bringing in money or some special advantage
7
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Ingenious
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Showing remarkable original,inventiveness or resourceful;clever
8
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Irk
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To annoy trouble,make weary
9
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Oaf
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A big,clumsy,slow individual
10
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Recede
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To go or move backward;to become more distant
