Literature Chapter 1

Question 1

dispatch:

Answer 1

(v) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; (n) an official message, promptness, speed; the act of killing

Question 2

apparel:

Answer 2

(n) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; (v) to put clothes on, dress up

Question 3

besiege:

Answer 3

(v) to attack my surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

Question 4

compress:

Answer 4

(v) to press together; to reduce size in volume; (n) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Question 5

denounce:

Answer 5

(v) to condemn openly; to accuse formally

Question 6

douse:

Answer 6

(v) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly; extinguish

Question 7

expressly:

Answer 7

(adv) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose

Question 8

famished:

Answer 8

(adj;, part) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

Question 9

forsake:

Answer 9

(v) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon

Question 10

gainful:

Answer 10

(adj) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Question 11

immense:

Answer 11

(adj) very large/great; beyond ordinary means of measurement

Question 12

inept:

Answer 12

(adj) totally without skill or appropriateness

Question 13

ingenious:

Answer 13

(adj) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Question 14

instantaneous:

Answer 14

(adj) done in an instant

Question 15

irk:

Answer 15

(v) to annoy, trouble, make weary

Question 16

libel:

Answer 16

(n) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of a person about whom it is made; (v) to write or publish such a statement

Question 17

misgiving:

Answer 17

(n) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty

Question 18

oaf:

Answer 18

(n) a stupid person

Question 19

recede:

Answer 19

(v) retreat; to go backward

Question 20

repast:

Answer 20

(n) a meal/food