6th - English Vocab Definitions Unit 1 Flashcards

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

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Besiege

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Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration

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Apparel

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To press together; to reduce in size or volume; a folded cloth or applied to injury

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Compress

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3
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To condemn openly going to accuse formally

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Denounce

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4
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To send off or out for a purpose is to kill; an official message; practice, speed; the act of killing

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Dispatch

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5
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To plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish

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Douse

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6
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plainly, and so many words; for a particular purpose

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Expressly

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7
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Suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

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Famished

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8
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To give up, renounce; to leave, a bandit

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forsake

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9
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Profitable; Bring in money or some special advantage

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Gainful

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10
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Very larger; beyond ordinary means of measurement

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Immense

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11
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Totally without skill or appropriateness

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Inept

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12
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Showing remarkable or originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

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Ingenious

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13
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Done in an instant; immediate

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Instantaneous

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14
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To annoy , trouble, make weary

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Irk

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15
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A written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom is made; to write or publish such as a statement

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Libel

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A feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainly

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Misgiving

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A stupid person; a big clumsy, slow individual

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Oaf

18
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To go or move backward some going to become more distant

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Recede

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A meal, food

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Repast