Unit 1 Set A

Question 1

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

Answer 1

besiege

Question 2

To press together; reduce in size or volume

Answer 2

compress

Question 3

To send off or out for a purpose; to kill

Answer 3

dispatch

Question 4

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

Answer 4

douse

Question 5

Suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

Answer 5

famished

Question 6

profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Answer 6

gainful

Question 7

showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Answer 7

ingenious

Question 8

to annoy, trouble, make weary

Answer 8

irk

Question 9

a big, clumsy, slow individual

Answer 9

oaf

Question 10

to go or move backward; to become more distant

Answer 10

recede