Vocabulary Unit One Sets A and B

To go or move backward; to become more distant.

• reset

• disappear

• recede

The young woman was seeking _____________employment to pay for her new car.

• interesting

• gainful

• exciting

These two words represent strong and negative words which are to be taken very seriously.

• denounce

• dispatch

• compress

• libel

The brother and sister ran straight to the refrigerator when they got home from school because they were (a)   !

The coach brought an umbrella to the championship game in case the players were planning to _______________him with Gatorade if they won.

• pummel

• immerse

• douse

Which of the following are both a noun and a verb?

• compress

• ingenious

• dispatch

• irk

This child is wearing the proper ___________for splashing in the puddles.

• apparel

• boots

• clothing

• waterproof socks

Which of the following is an adjective?

immense denounce misgiving repast

(a)  

Our neighbor's new deck collapsed due to the work of the _______ carpenter.

• oaf

• misgiving

• inept

If enemy troops ____________the city, its citizens will starve.

• dispatch

• recede

• besiege