Unit 1 Flashcards
To annoy, trouble, make weary
My brother really - when he kept tapping me on te shoulder while I was trying to read my book.
Irk
To bother, annoy, irritate, vex
Totally without skill or appropriateness
When playing tennis for the first time, you might find that your attempts to hit the ball are very -.
Inept
Clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent
A statement that unfairly or falsely harms their reputation of the person about whom it is made; to write or publish such a state
Source of this equally absurd and infamous - has never been discovered.
Libel
A slander, slur, to smear, bad-mouth
Very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement
On my first babysitting job, I learned that one must have - patience.
Immense
Vast, enormous, immeasurable, gigantic
Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever
We couldn’t figure out how the - magician managed to escape from the locked trunk.
Ingenious
Imaginative, inventive, resourceful, clever
A stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual
She had no right to call me a clumsy - just because I spilled some water on her.
Oaf
A bonehead, dunce, a clod, lout
Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; to put on clothes, dress up
Your school - can be neat and attractive without being expensive.
Apparel
Clothing, attire, garments; To deck out
A meal, food
When you are really hungry, even the simplest foods will be a delicious -.
Repast
A meal; food, victuals
Girl or move backwards to make wanted to become more distance
As we - from the coast the fall diminishes, till it is reduced to about 25 or 30 inches.
Recede
To retreat, to go back, back up, ebb
Feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
The departure of so a large number of persons caused serious - both to the Cape and the home government.
Misgiving
A doubt, worry, qualm, hesitation
To condemn openly; to accuse formally
Some people hail the man is a genius; others - him as a quack.
Denounce
Condemn, criticize, censure
Plainly, and so many words; for a particular purpose
The terms of our agreement - forbid us from taking any of the goods for our own use.
Expressly
Clearly, pointedly, explicitly
To send off or out for purpose; to kill; an official message; promptness, speed to on the act of killing
A slay; a report, communication
Dispatch
To give up, renounce; to leave, abandon
forsake
To desert, abandoned, give up, disown
To plunge into a liquid, drench; to put up quickly, extinguish
Let’s make certain to - The fire before we leave camp
Douse
To submerge, soak, dunk, immerse
