Language Arts Vocab - Wk 1
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- apparel
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(n) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration
(v) to put clothes on, dress up - besiege
- (v) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble
- compress
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(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
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(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, part) suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something
- forsake
- (v) to give up, renounce; to 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 resourcefulnesss; clever
- instantaneous
- (adj) done in an instant; immediate
- irk
- (v) to annoy, trouble, make weary
- libel
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(n) a statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made
(v) to write or publish such a statement - misgiving
- (n) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
- oaf
- (n) a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual
- recede
- (v) to go or move backward; to become more distant
- repast
- (n) a meal, food