SADLIER WORDS (A)

Question 1

BESIEGE

Answer 1

(v.) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble.

Question 2

COMPRESS

Answer 2

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

Question 3

DISPATCH

Answer 3

(v.) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill (n.) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing.

Question 4

DOUSE

Answer 4

(v.) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish.

Question 5

FAMISHED

Answer 5

(adj.) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something.

Question 6

GAINFUL

Answer 6

(adj.) profitable; brining in money or some special advantage.

Question 7

INGENIOUS

Answer 7

(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness or resourcesfulness.

Question 8

IRK

Answer 8

(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary

Question 9

OAF

Answer 9

(n.) a stupid person; a bid, clumsy slow individual.

Question 10

RECEDE

Answer 10

(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant.