Vocabulary List 1B

A vocabulary set covering terms and their definitions for study.

Showing remarkable originality; clever

ingenious

A stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

oaf

To condemn openly; to accuse formally

denounce

To give up; to leave, abandon

forsake

Done in an instant; immediate

instantaneous

To go or move backward; to become more distant

recede

dispatch

To send off or out for a purpose; an official message; promptness

gainful

Profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

irk

To annoy, trouble

repast

A meal, food