Unit 1 Vocabulary

(v) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

• douse

• dispatch

• besiege

• compress

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

• besiege

• irk

• compress

• gainful

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

• oaf

• dispatch

• recede

• famished

(v) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish

• famished

• irk

• recede

• douse

(adj. part) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

• famished

• besiege

• compress

• oaf

(adj.) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

• besiege

• recede

• gainful

• ingenious

(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

• recede

• oaf

• ingenious

• irk

(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary

• douse

• compress

• oaf

• irk

(n) stupid person; a big clumsy, slow individual

• besiege

• recede

• oaf

• douse

(v) to go move backward; to become more distant

• compress

• ingenious

• oaf

• recede