Vocabulary Unit - 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Apparel
Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration or to dress up
Besiege
To attack by surrounding with military forces or to cause worry and trouble
Compress
To press together or to reduce in size or a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury
Denounce
To condemn openly or to accuse formally
Dispatch
To send off or out for a purpose or an official message or promptness, and speed or the act of killing
Douse
To plunge into a liquid, drench or to put out quickly or extinguish
Expressly
Plainly or for a particular response
Famished
Suffering severely from hungry or form a lack of something
Forsake
To give up or renounce or to abandon
Gainful
Profitable or bringing in some special advantage
Immense
Very large or great
Inept
Totally without skill or appropriateness
Ingenious
Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness, or cleverness
Instantaneous
Done in an instant or immediately
Irk
To annoy, trouble, or make weary
Libel
A written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of a person about whom it is made or to write or publish such a statement
Misgiving
A feeling of doubt and uncertainty often mixed with fear
Oaf
A big, clumsy, stupid, and slow person
Recede
To go or move backwards or to become more distant
Repast
A meal or food