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5th Grade Vocabulary
Level A Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Besiege | v. to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble |
| Apparel | n. clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; v. to put clothes on, dress up |
| Compress | v. to press together; to reduce in size or volume n. a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
| Denounce | v. to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| Dispatch | v. to send off or out for a purpose; to kill n. an official message; promptness; speed; the act of killing |
| Douse | v. to plunge into a liquid; drench; to put out quickly; extinguish |
| Expressly | adv. plainly in so many words, for a particular purpose |
| Famished | adj. suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something |
| Forsake | v. to give up, renounce, leave, abandon |
| Gainful | adj. profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage |
| Immense | adj. very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| Inept | adj. totally without skill or appropriateness |
| Ingenious | adj. showing remarkable originality inventiveness, or resource fulness; clever |
| Repast | n. A meal, food |
| Recede | v. to go or move backward; to become more distant |
| Oaf | n. a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual |
| Misgiving | n. a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty |
| Libel | n. a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made v. to write or publish such a statement |
| Irk | v. to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| Instantaneous | adj. done in an instant ; immediate |
| Forsake | v. to give up, renounce, to leave, abandon |