| A | B |
|---|
| apparel | clothing |
| besiege | to attack by surrounding with military forces |
| compress | to press together; a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
| denounce | to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| dispatch | to send off or out for a purpose; an official message |
| douse | to plunge into a liquid; extinguish |
| expressly | plainly; for a particular purpose |
| famished | suffering severely from hunger or lack of something |
| forsake | to give up; renounce; to leave, abandon |
| gainful | profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage |
| immense | very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| inept | totally without skill or appropriateness |
| ingenious | showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness |
| instantaneous | done in an instant; immediate |
| irk | to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| libel | a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; to write or publish such a statement |
| misgiving | a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty |
| oaf | a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual |
| recede | to go or move backward |
| repast | a meal, food |
