Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level A Units 1

Far away on the horizon we saw the tiny figures of a lonely traveler and his mule _____ into the sunset.

• libel

• recede

• repast

• compress

As it was well past their lunchtime by the time we arrived home, the children were _____ and demanding food.

• gainful

• forsake

• repast

• famished

You will be able to get everything into a single suitcase if you _____ all the items as much as possible.

• Compress

• misgivings

• denounce

• irk

Let's make certain to _____ the fire before leaving camp.

• besiege

• douse

• immense

• inept

You had no right to call me a clumsy _____ just because I spilled some water on you.

• irk

• oaf

• forsake

• instantaneous

A _____ will be sent to all our representatives in South America advising them how to handle the problem

• gainful

• apparel

• expressly

• dispatch

How can we hope to _____ a city that is surrounded by such strong walls and has ample supplies of everything it needs?

• besiege

• ingenious

• libel

• repast

On my first baby-sitting job, I found that one must have _____ patience to take care of young children.

• instantaneous

• famished

• immense

• recede

Don't allow yourself to be _____ by every small trouble that my arise during the day.

• oaf

• inept

• denounce

• irked

None of us could figure out how the _____ magician had managed to escape from the trunk submerged in the tank of water.

• famished

• oaf

• ingenious

• libel