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vocabulary workshop
level A Unit 1
vocabulary word | meaning |
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apparel 1 | clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration |
apparel 2 | to put clothes on, dress up |
besiege 1 | to attack by surrounding with military forces |
besiege 2 | to cause worry or trouble |
compress 1 | to press together |
compress 2 | to reduce in size or volume |
compress 3 | a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
denounce 1 | to condemn openly |
denounce 2 | to accuse formally |
dispatch 1 | to send off or out for a purpose |
dispatch 2 | to kill |
dispatch 3 | an official message |
dispatch 4 | promptness, speed |
dispatch 5 | the act of killing |
douse 1 | to plunge into a liquid, drench |
douse 2 | to put out quickly, extinguish |
expressly 1 | plainly, in so many words |
expressly 2 | for a particular purpose |
famished | suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something |
forsake 1 | to give up renounce |
forsake 2 | to leave, abandon |
gainful 1 | profitable |
gainful 2 | bringing in money or some special advantage |
immense 1 | very large or great |
immense 2 | beyond ordinary means of measurement |
inept | totally without skill or appropriateness |
ingenious 1 | showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness |
ingenious 2 | clever |
instantaneous 1 | done in an instant |
instantaneous 2 | immediate |
irk | to annoy, trouble, make weary |
libel 1 | a written statement that unfairly or falsly harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made |
libel 2 | to write or publish a statement that unfairly or falsly harms the reputation of a person |
misgiving | a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty |
oaf 1 | a stupid person |
oaf 2 | a big, clumsy, slow individual |
recede 1 | to go or move backward |
recede 2 | to become more distant |
repast | a meal, food |