Vocab Unit 1, Set A

Question 1

Besiege

Answer 1

To attack by surrounding with military forces to cause trouble

Question 2

Compress

Answer 2

To press together; to reduce in size or volume

Question 3

Dispatch

Answer 3

To send off for a purpose;to kill

Question 4

Douse

Answer 4

To plunge into liquid or drench

Question 5

Famished

Answer 5

Suffering severely from hunger or from lack of somthing

Question 6

Gainful

Answer 6

Profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Question 7

Ingenious

Answer 7

Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness or resourcefulness

Question 8

Irk

Answer 8

To annoy, trouble, or make weary

Question 9

Oaf

Answer 9

A stupid person, a big, clumsy, slow individual.

Question 10

Recede

Answer 10

To go or move backward; to become more distant