Lesson 1 Set A

Question 1

Besiege

Answer 1

To attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

Question 2

Compress

Answer 2

To press together; to reduce in size or volume; a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Question 3

Dispatch

Answer 3

To send up or out for purpose; to kill

Question 4

Douse

Answer 4

To plunge into a liquid, dredge; to put out quickly, extinguish

Question 5

Famished

Answer 5

Suffering severely from hunger, or from a lack of something

Question 6

Gainful

Answer 6

Profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Question 7

Ingenious

Answer 7

Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Question 8

Irk

Answer 8

To annoy, trouble, make weary

Question 9

Oaf

Answer 9

A big, clumsy, slow individual

Question 10

Recede

Answer 10

To go or move backward; to become more distant