Vocabulary Workshop A Level A

Winter _____________ should be warm and cozy.

• famished

• douse

• apparel

• irk

Nathan found an _________ solution to the science problem.

• ingenious

• inept

• dispatch

• compress

Dani hoped to find _______ employment that was pleasing to her.

• repast

• gainful

• irk

• libel

Most computer software is designed so that the user can obtain nearly _______ responses.

• misgiving

• instantaneous

• famished

• forsake

Questions that show a student's lack of attention _______ Mrs. Welsh.

• irk

• recede

• forsake

• oaf

The scientist is brilliant in the research laboratory, but he is _______ at dealing with people.

• dispatch

• famished

• inept

• compress

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

• oaf

• irk

• misgiving

• forsake

Let's get together at Cafe Dolce Vita for a late night ______.

• libel

• repast

• recede

• compress

The young celebrity, Makensie, accused her biographer of __________ and said it was all untrue.

• libel

• misgiving

• forsake

• denounce

The United Nations decided to publicly ______ the man's crimes.

• denounce

• expressly

• immense

• oaf