Quizlet vocabulary test 1-6

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  1. adverse: unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile
  2. apparel: clothing that which serves as dress or decoration; to put clothes on, dress up
  3. arid: extremely dry; uninteresting, dull
  4. assailant: a person who attacks violently ( with blows or words)
  5. barrage: a rapid, large- scale outpouring of something
  6. besiege: to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble
  7. bigot: an intolerant, prejudiced, or biased person
  8. billow: a large wave; to rise or swell like a wave
  9. compress: to press together; to reduce in size or volume; a folded cloth or pad applied to injury
  10. confront: to meet face to face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with
  11. constrain: to force, compet; tp restrain, hold back
  12. contemporary: belonging to the same period of time as oneself; a person of the same time
  13. denounce: to condemn openly; to accuse formally
  14. depict: to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture
  15. designate: to indicate, point out; to appoint; selected but not yet installed
  16. disinterested: fair- minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent
  17. dispatch: to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; an official message; promptness speed; the act of killing
  18. diversity: difference, variety; a condition of having many different types or forms
  19. douse: to plunge into a liquid; drench; to put out quickly, extinguish
  20. encompass: to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose;to include with a certain group or class
  21. enigma: someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which cannot be understood or explained
  22. expressly: plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose
  23. famished: suffering severly from hunger or from lack of something
  24. forsake: to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon
  25. gainful: profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage
  26. groundless: without any good reason or cause. unjustified
  27. hypocrite: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she is; a two- faced person
  28. immense: very lage or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement
  29. incomprehensible: impossible to understand
  30. inept: totally without skill or approprianteness
  31. ingenious: showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever
  32. instantaneous: done in an instant; immediate
  33. irk: to annou, trouble, make weary
  34. libel: a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the perosn about whom it is made; to write or publish such a statement
  35. manipulate: to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for a personal gain or advantage
  36. maximum: the greatest possible amount of degree; reaching the greatest possible amount or degree
  37. mimic: a person who does imitations; to imitate; to make fun of
  38. misgiving: a feeling of fear, doublt, or uncertainty
  39. oaf: a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual
  40. recede: to go or move backward; to become more distant
  41. repast: a meal, food
  42. ruffle: to wrinkle, make uneven, to annoy, upset; to flip through; a gathered strip of materia used for trimming edges; a ripple; a low drumbeat
  43. serene: peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm; majestic, grand
  44. sheepish: embarrassed; resembling a sheep in meedness, timid
  45. stamina: the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power`