Unit 1 vocabulary Flashcards
(32 cards)
A meal: food, victuals
repast
To bother, annoy, irritate, vex
irk
clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent
inept
A slander, slur; to smear, bad-mouth
libel
vast, enormous; immeasurable, gigantic
immense
When you are really hungry, even the simplest of foods will be a delicious_____________.
Repast
When playing tensor the first time, you might find that your attempts to hit the ball are very_________.
inept
On my first baby-sitting job, I learned that on must have________ patience.
immense
imaginative, inventive, resourceful, clever
ingenious
A bonehead, dunce; a clod, lout
oaf
clothing attire, garments; to deck out
apparel
to retreat, go back, back up, ebb
recede
a doubt, worry, qualm, hesitation
misgiving
your school________ can be neat and attractive without being expensive
apparel
we couldn’t figure out how the__________ magician managed to escape from the locked truck
ingenious
She had no right to call me a clumsy________ just because I spilled some water on her.
oaf
To condemn, criticize, censure
denounce
Clearly, pointedly, explicitly
expressly
To slay, a report, communication
dispatch
To desert, abandon, give up, disown
forsake
To submerge, soak, dunk, immerse
douse
the terms of our agreement ____________ forbid jus from taking any of the goods for our own use
expressly
Lets make certain to __________ the fire before we leave the camp.
douse
Some people hailed the man as a genius; others _____________ him as a quack.
denounced
