| A | B |
|---|
| apparel | attire, garments; deck out |
| besiege | blockade, encircle, pressure, hound |
| compress | condense, shrink, shorten |
| denounce | criticize, censure |
| dispatch | slay; report, communication |
| douse | submerge, soak, dunk, immerse |
| expressly | clearly, pointedly, explicitly |
| famished | hungry, starving, ravenous |
| forsake | desert, disown |
| gainful | moneymaking, paying |
| immense | vast, enormous, immeasurable, gigantic |
| inept | clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent |
| ingenious | imaginative, inventive, resourceful |
| instantaneous | prompt, quick, speedy |
| irk | bother, irritate, vex |
| libel | slur; smear, defame |
| misgiving | worry, qualm, hesitation |
| oaf | bonehead, dunce, clod, lout |
| recede | retreat, go back, back up, ebb |
| repast | victuals |
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