vocab lesson 1

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apparel

clothing

besiege

to attack by surrounding with military forces

compress

to press together, to reduce in size

denounce

to condemn openly

dispatch

to set out for a purpose

douse

to plunge into liquid, drench

expressly

plainly, in so many words

famished

starving

forsake

to give up, renounce, leave, abandon

gainful

profitable

immense

very large or great

inept

totally without skill or appropriateness

ingenious

showing remarkable originality

instantaneous

done in an instant

irk

to annoy

libel

a written statement that accuses someone of something unfairly

misgiving

feeling of fear or doubt

oaf

big, clumsy, slow

recede

to go or move backwards

repast

a meal or food