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vocabulary workshop
level A Unit 1
| vocabulary word | meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |