Vocabulary Workshop - Level A - Unit 1

If troops __________ their stronghold, the rebel forces may be forced to surrender.

• recede

• besiege

• dispatch

• gainful

The town residents must wait for the flood waters to ________ before they can deal with the terrible mess left behind.

• denounce

• repast

• recede

• forsake

A cold _________ may soothe headache pain.

• compress

• oaf

• irk

• douse

He generally moved like an ______ so I was surprised to see how graceful he was on the dance floor.

• irk

• misgiving

• libel

• oaf

We'll ________ a repair crew right away.

• recede

• famished

• denounce

• dispatch

Questions that show a student's lack of attention ________ the teacher.

• douse

• irk

• compress

• recede

I'll ______ the flames with the hose.

• recede

• douse

• dispatch

• besiege

The students found an ________ solution to the math problem.

• famished

• immense

• libel

• ingenious

The Vietnamese immigrants, new to a strange American city, were _______ for news of home.

• gainful

• famished

• ingenious

• recede

I hope to find _______ employment that is pleasing to me.

• famished

• immense

• inept

• gainful