vocabulary unit 1, set A

Question 1

besiege

Answer 1

(v.) to attack by surroundings 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; 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, intensiveness, 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