Vocabulary Workshop - Level A: Unit 1

besiege

• v. to send off or out for a purpose; to killn. an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing

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

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

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

compress

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

• adj. suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

• v. to send off or out for a purpose; to killn. an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

dispatch

• adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

• adj. suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

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

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

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

douse

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

• adj. showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

• adj. suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

• adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

famished

• v. to annoy; trouble, make weary

• adj. showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

• adj. suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

• adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

gainful

• adj. showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

• adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

• v. to annoy; trouble, make weary

• n. a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

ingenious

• n. a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

• adj. showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

• v. to annoy; trouble, make weary

• v. to go or move backward; to become more distant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

misgiving

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

• v. to go or move backward; to become more distant

• n. a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

oaf

• v. to go or move backward; to become more distant

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

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

• n. a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

recede

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

• adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

• adj. suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

• v. to go or move backward; to become more distant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C