Vocab unit 1 set A

Question 1

Besiege

Answer 1

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