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Vocab Workshop
Book A Lesson 1
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English
6th Grade
08/13/2013

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Term
apparel
Definition

clothing

to put clothes on

Term
besiege
Definition

to attack by surrounding with military forces

 

to cause worry or trouble

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compress
Definition

to press together

to reduce in size/volume

 

a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

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denounce
Definition

to condemn openly

to accuse formally

Term
dispatch
Definition

to send off or out for a purpose

to kill

an official message

promptness, speed

the act of killing

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douse
Definition

to plunge into a liguid; drench

to put out quickly, extinguish

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expressly
Definition

plainly; in so many words

for a particular purpose

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famished
Definition
suffering severly from hunger or from a lack of something
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foresake
Definition

to give up, renounce

to leave; abandon

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gainful
Definition

profitable

bringing in money or some special advantage

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immense
Definition
very large; great; beyond ordinary ways to measure
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inept
Definition
without skills; not appropriate
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ingenious
Definition
shows remarkable originality; inventive; resourceful; clever
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instantaneous
Definition
done in an instant; immediate
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irk
Definition
to annoy; trouble; make weary
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libel
Definition
written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; to write such a statement
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misgiving
Definition
a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
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oaf
Definition
a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual
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recede
Definition
to go or move backward; to become more distant
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repast
Definition
a meal, food; victuals
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