Vocabulary Unit One Set A

Question 1

Besiege

Answer 1

To attack by surrounding with military forces. To cause worry or trouble.

Question 2

Compress

Answer 2

To press together; to reduce in size or volume.

Question 3

Dispatch

Answer 3

To send off or out for a purpose;to kill

Question 4

Douse

Answer 4

To plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly

Question 5

Famished

Answer 5

Suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

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, make weary questions that show a students lack of attention.

Question 9

Apparel

Answer 9

Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration;

Question 10

Denounce

Answer 10

To condemn openly;

Question 11

Expressly

Answer 11

Plainly, in so many words;

Question 12

Forsake

Answer 12

To give up, renounce;

Question 13

Immense

Answer 13

Very large or great;

Question 14

Inept

Answer 14

Totally without skill or appropriateness;

Question 15

Instantaneous

Answer 15

Done in an instant;

Question 16

Libel

Answer 16

A written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made;

Question 17

Misgiving

Answer 17

A feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty.

Question 18

Repast

Answer 18

A meal, food;