Vocabulary Unit 1

Question 1

Apparel

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Besiege

Answer 2

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

Question 3

compress

Answer 3

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

Question 4

denounce

Answer 4

v.: to condemn openly; to accuse formally

Question 5

dispatch

Answer 5

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

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

Suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

Question 9

Forsake

Answer 9

to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon

Question 10

gainful

Answer 10

profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Question 11

immense

Answer 11

very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement

Question 12

inept

Answer 12

totally without skill or appropriateness

Question 13

ingenious

Answer 13

showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Question 14

instantaneous

Answer 14

done in an instant; immediate

Question 15

irk

Answer 15

to annoy, trouble, make weary

Question 16

libel

Answer 16

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

Question 17

misgiving

Answer 17

a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty

Question 18

oaf

Answer 18

a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

Question 19

recede

Answer 19

to go or move backward; to become more distant

Question 20

repast

Answer 20

A meal, food