Vocab Unit 1 Set A

Question 1

Besiege

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Compress

Answer 2

(v)To press together; To reduce in size or volume;(n) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Question 3

Dispatch

Answer 3

(v) To send off or out for a purpose; to kill; (n) an official message; promptness,speed; the act of killing

Question 4

Douse

Answer 4

(V)To plunge into a liquid,drench; to put out quickly,extinguish

Question 5

Famished

Answer 5

(Adj.,part.)suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

Question 6

Gainful

Answer 6

(Adj.)Profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Question 7

Ingenious

Answer 7

(Adj.)Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Question 8

Irk

Answer 8

(V)To annoy, trouble, make weary

Question 9

Oaf

Answer 9

(N) a stupid person; A big, clumsy, slow individual

Question 10

Recede

Answer 10

(V) to go or move backward; to become more distant