| A | B |
| apparel | clothing; to dress up |
| besiege | to attack by surrounding with military forces;to cause worry |
| compress | to presstogether; to reduce in size; a folded cloth |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| dispatch | to send off for a purpse; to kill; an official message, speed |
| douse | to plunge into a liquid, drench; extinguish |
| expressly | plainly, in so many words |
| famished | suffering severely from hunger or lack of something else |
| forsake | to give up, abandon |
| gainful | profitable |
| immense | very large or great |
| inept | totally without skill |
| ingenious | showing remarkable originality; clever |
| instantaneous | done in an instant; immediate |
| irk | to annoy, trouble |
| libel | a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of a person |
| misgiving | a feeling of fear, doubt |
| oaf | a big slow clumsy individual |
| recede | to go or move backward; become more distant |
| repast | a meal, food |