Unit 1 Vocabulart

Question 1

n. clothing that which serves as dress or decoration v. to put on clothes, dress up

Answer 1

apparel

Question 2

v. to attack by surrounding with military forces; to have worry or trouble

Answer 2

besiege

Question 3

n. a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury; to press together, reduce size and volume

Answer 3

compress

Question 4

v. to condemn openly; to accuse formally

Answer 4

denounce

Question 5

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

Answer 5

dispatch

Question 6

n. to plunge into a liquid, drench; put out quickly, estinguish

Answer 6

douse

Question 7

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

Answer 7

expressly

Question 8

adj. part. suffering from severe hunger or from lack of something

Answer 8

famished

Question 9

v. to give up, renounce; to leave abandon

Answer 9

forsake

Question 10

adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Answer 10

gainful

Question 11

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

Answer 11

immense

Question 12

adj. totally without skill or appropriateness

Answer 12

inept

Question 13

adj. showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourceful; clever

Answer 13

igneous

Question 14

adj. done in an instant; immediate

Answer 14

instantaneous

Question 15

to annoy, trouble, make weary

Answer 15

irk

Question 16

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

Answer 16

libel

Question 17

n. a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainly

Answer 17

misgiving

Question 18

n. a stupid person; a big clumsy, slow individual

Answer 18

OAF

Question 19

n. to go or move backward; to become more distnant

Answer 19

recede

Question 20

n. a meal

Answer 20

repast