Vocab Flashcards

lesson 1

1
Q

(clothing which serves as a dress or decoration; or to put on clothes, dress up

A

Apparel

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2
Q

plainly in so many words for a particular purpose

A

expressly

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3
Q

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

A

besiege

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4
Q

suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

A

famished

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5
Q

to press something together to reduce in size or
a floded cloth or pad applied to an injury

A

compress

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6
Q

to give up renounce to leave abandon

A

forsake

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7
Q

to condemn openly to accuse formally

A

denounce

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8
Q

profitable bringing in money or some special advantage

A

gainful

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9
Q

very large or great beyond ordinary means measurement

A

immense

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10
Q

totally without skill or appropriateness

A

inept

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11
Q

showing remarkable originality

A

ingenious

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12
Q

to send off to kill or a official message

A

dispatch

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13
Q

to plunge in a liqud

A

douse

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14
Q

done in an instant immediate

A

instantaneous

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15
Q

to annoy trouble

A

irk

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16
Q

a written statement or a lie

A

libel

17
Q

a feeling of fear doubt

A

misgiving

18
Q

big clumsy and slow

A

oaf

19
Q

to go or move backward

A

recede

20
Q

a meal food

A

repast