Unit 1 Definition/Word

Question 1

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

Answer 1

apparel

Question 2

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

Answer 2

besiege

Question 3

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

Answer 3

compress

Question 4

(v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally

Answer 4

denounce

Question 5

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

Answer 5

dispatch

Question 6

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

Answer 6

douse

Question 7

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

Answer 7

expressly

Question 8

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

Answer 8

famished

Question 9

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

Answer 9

forsake

Question 10

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

Answer 10

gainful

Question 11

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

Answer 11

immense

Question 12

(adj.) totally without skill or appropriateness

Answer 12

inept

Question 13

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

Answer 13

ingenious

Question 14

(adj.) done in an instant; immediate

Answer 14

instantaneous

Question 15

(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary

Answer 15

irk

Question 16

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

Answer 16

libel

Question 17

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

Answer 17

misgiving

Question 18

(n.) a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

Answer 18

oaf

Question 19

(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant

Answer 19

recede

Question 20

(n.) a meal, food

Answer 20

repast