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6th grade unit #1
6th grade vocabulary unit #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apparel | clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration |
| besiege | to attack by surrounding with military forces |
| compress | to reduce in size or volume |
| denounce | to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| dispatch | to send off or out with a purpose; to kill |
| douse | to put out quickly, extinguish |
| expressly | plainly, in so many words |
| famished | suffering severely from hunger |
| forsake | to leave; abandon |
| gainful | profitable |
| immense | very large or great |
| inept | totally without skill |
| ingenious | inventive, clever |
| instantaneous | done in an instant; immediate |
| irk | to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| libel | a statement that unfairly harms the reputation of another person |
| misgiving | feeling of fear |
| oaf | a stupid person |
| recede | to go or move backwards |
| repast | meal, food |