Unit 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Besiege
A
To attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble.
2
Q
Compress
A
To press together, to reduce in size or volume.
A folded cloth or pad applied to an injury.
3
Q
Dispatch
A
To send off our out for a purpose, to kill, an official message, prompt, speed, the active killing. 
4
Q
Douse
A
To plunge into a liquid,drench, to put out quickly, extinguish.
5
Q
Famished
A
Suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something.
6
Q
Gainful
A
Profitable, bringing in money or some special advantage.
7
Q
Ingenious
A
Show me, remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness, clever.
8
Q
Irk
A
To annoy, trouble, make weary.
9
Q
Oaf
A
A big, clumsy, slow individual.
10
Q
Recede
A
To go or move backward, to become more distant.
