| A | B |
| formidable | inspiring, admiration and wonder |
| guile | treacherous cunning, skillful deceit |
| plunder | pillage to rob stolen goods |
| squall | brief commotion |
| muster | to call together |
| indifferent | not mattering one way |
| victual | food |
| civility | courteous behavior, politeness |
| rogue | unprincipled, decitful, and unreliable person |
| entreat | to make a earnest request |
| appall | shocking |
| ponderous | having great weight |
| quiver | case to holding arrows |
| hew | make sharp wit an ax |
| profusion | abundance |
| loam | misture of soil |
| fuddle | befuddle, state confusion |
| cordial | warm, sincere, friendly |
| shipwright | one who builds ships |
| smithy | workplace w/ metal |
| adz | axlike tool |
| hale | strong |
| mammoth | large hairy extinct elephants |
| breach | hole in the wall |
| prow | the bow, forward part of the ship |
| titanic | big huge |
| nymph | beautiful maiden |
| brace | rope used to swing or hold a ship |
| plumb | exactly |
| moor | secure a vessel w/ lines |
| purl | flow w/ murmuring sound |
| ardor | fiery intensity, zeal |
| tumult | commotion of a great crowd |
| founder | sink below the surface |
| comber | wrecked its peak or broken roam |
| travail | anguish |
| spume | foam or froth on a liquid |
| blanch | to bleach or whiten |
| grapple | grip or clutch |
| appease | satisfy or relieve |