Vocabulary Workshop

(n.) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing

• niche

• obliterate

• ramshackle

• ransack

(v.) to blot out completely, destroy utterly

• niche

• obliterate

• ramshackle

• ransack

(adj.) appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

• niche

• obliterate

• ramshackle

• ransack

(v.) to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder

• niche

• obliterate

• ramshackle

• ransack

unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; based on a mechanical routine

• rote

• solvent

• tedious

• vendor

(n.) a person who sells something

• rote

• solvent

• tedious

• vendor

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

• oaf

• dispatch

• besiege

• douse

We sat on the dock and watched the fleet of tall ships --- into the horizon as they sailed away.

• besiege

• douse

• recede

• irk

Because it has no bones, an octopus can --- its body and squeeze into small spaces.

• famished

• compress

• gainful

• irk

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

• oaf

• douse

• dispatch

• irk