Unit 1 vocabulary Flashcards
A meal: food, victuals
repast
To bother, annoy, irritate, vex
irk
clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent
inept
A slander, slur; to smear, bad-mouth
libel
vast, enormous; immeasurable, gigantic
immense
When you are really hungry, even the simplest of foods will be a delicious_____________.
Repast
When playing tensor the first time, you might find that your attempts to hit the ball are very_________.
inept
On my first baby-sitting job, I learned that on must have________ patience.
immense
imaginative, inventive, resourceful, clever
ingenious
A bonehead, dunce; a clod, lout
oaf
clothing attire, garments; to deck out
apparel
to retreat, go back, back up, ebb
recede
a doubt, worry, qualm, hesitation
misgiving
your school________ can be neat and attractive without being expensive
apparel
we couldn’t figure out how the__________ magician managed to escape from the locked truck
ingenious
She had no right to call me a clumsy________ just because I spilled some water on her.
oaf
To condemn, criticize, censure
denounce
Clearly, pointedly, explicitly
expressly
To slay, a report, communication
dispatch
To desert, abandon, give up, disown
forsake
To submerge, soak, dunk, immerse
douse
the terms of our agreement ____________ forbid jus from taking any of the goods for our own use
expressly
Lets make certain to __________ the fire before we leave the camp.
douse
Some people hailed the man as a genius; others _____________ him as a quack.
denounced
To condense; shrink; shorten
compress
Hungry, starving, ravenous
famished
Prompt, quick, speedy
Instantaneous
Moneymaking, paying, profitable
gainful
To blockade,encircle, to pressure, hound
besiege
If you ________ all the items as mutes possible, you’ll be able to fit everything in one suitcase
compress
Since it was well past their lunchtime by the time we arrived home, the children were ___________.
famished
Some live’s rewards are ______________; others are a long time in coming.
instantaneous
