Set A unit 1

Question 1

Besiege

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Compress

Answer 2

(1) To press together; to reduce size and volume

(2) A folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Question 3

Dispatch

Answer 3

(1) To send off or out for a purpose; to kill

(2) An official message; promptness,speed;the act of killingf

Question 4

Douse

Answer 4

To plunge into liquid, drench;to put out quickly, extinguish

Question 5

Famished

Answer 5

Suffering severely from hunger or from 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, cleverness

Question 8

Irk

Answer 8

To annoy, trouble, make weary

Question 9

Oaf

Answer 9

A stupid person; a big clumsy individual

Question 10

Recede

Answer 10

To go or move; to become more distant