| A | B |
| apparel | clothing; garments |
| besiege | to attack by surrounding by military forces |
| compress | to press together; reduce in size or volume |
| denounce | judge guilty; to accuse formally |
| dispatch | to dend off or out for purpose; to kill |
| douse | to plunge into a liquid; drench |
| expressly | plainly, in so many words; for exact purpose |
| famished | suffering severly from hunger or from lack of something |
| forsake | to give up; leave alone |
| gainful | profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage |
| immense | very large or great; beyond normal means of measurement |
| inept | totally without skill or appropriateness |
| ingenious | showing remarkable originality; clever |
| instantaneous | done in an instant, immediate |
| irk | to bother, annoy, make weary |
| libel | a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made |
| misgiving | a feeling of fear, doubt or uncertainty |
| oaf | a stupid person, slow individual, clumsy |
| recede | to go or move backward |
| repast | a meal, food |