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Question 1

(n. ) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration;

(v. ) to put clothes on, dress up

Answer 1

a p p a r e l

Question 2

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

Answer 2

b e s i e g e

Question 3

(v. ) to press together; to reduce in size or volume;

(n. ) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Answer 3

c o m p r e s s

Question 4

(v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally

Answer 4

d e n o u n c e

Question 5

(v. ) to send off out or out for a purpose; to kill

(n. ) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing

Answer 5

d i s p a t c h

Question 6

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

Answer 6

d o u s e

Question 7

(adv.) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose

Answer 7

e x p r e s s l y

Question 8

(adv. & part.) suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

Answer 8

f a m i s h e d

Question 9

(v.) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon

Answer 9

f o r s a k e

Question 10

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

Answer 10

g a i n f u l

Question 11

(adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement.

Answer 11

i m m e n s e

Question 12

(adj.) totally without skill or appropriateness

Answer 12

i n e p t

Question 13

(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Answer 13

i n g e n i o u s

Question 14

(adj.) done in an instant, immediate

Answer 14

i n s t a n t e o u s

Question 15

(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary

Answer 15

i r k

Question 16

(n. ) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made;
(v. ) to write or publish such a statement

Answer 16

l i b e l

Question 17

(n.) a feeling of fear, doubt or uncertainty

Answer 17

m i s g i v i n g

Question 18

(n.) a stupid; a big, clumsy, slow individual

Answer 18

o a f

Question 19

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

Answer 19

r e c e d e

Question 20

(n.) a meal, food

Answer 20

r e p a s t