| A | B |
|---|
| duty | moral or legal obligation |
| canalboat | a boat made for use in a canal,  |
| deck | floor like platform of a ship or something resembling it |
| mast | a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship and supporting the yards, boom and rigging |
| indignant | filled or marked by indignation |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy |
| wheedle | to coax or entice by flattery |
| prim | stiffly formal and precise |
| deign | to condescend to something thought to be slightly beneath one's dignity |
| portal | door or entrance, especially a grand or imposing one |
| daze | the state of being stupified |
| haze | fine dust, smoke, or light vapor that causes an unclear view |
| lag | to fail to keep up or to fall behind gradually |
| pickerel |  |
| dawdle | to spend time wastefully or idly |
| moat |  |
| ramshackle | loose, shaky, likely to fall to pieces |
| woebegone | showing misery or sorrow |
| quaver | to tremble or shake |
| canal |  |
