| A | B |
| formidable | inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder |
| guile | skillful deceit |
| plunder | something stolen |
| squall | brief, sudden, violent storm |
| muster[ed] | to cause to gather |
| indifferent | without interest in |
| victual[s] | food |
| civility | politeness |
| rogue[s] | scowndral and rascal |
| entreat | to make request of; beg |
| appall[ed] | overcome with consernation, shock, or dismay |
| ponderous | very great weight |
| quiver | case for arrows |
| hew[ed] | cut with an ax |
| profusion | great quantity |
| loam | type of soil |
| fuddle | state of being confused, intoxicated, or drunk |
| cordial | sweet |
| shipwright | carpenter skilled in ship building and/or repair |
| smithy | workshop of a smith |
| adz | ax like tool |
| hale | strong |
| mammoth | enormous |
| breach | hole, opening |
| prow | bow of a ship |
| titanic | huge |
| nymph | nature goddess |
| brace[s] | rope used to swing or secure the sails of a ship |
| plumb | exactly |
| moor | secure a boat with ropes, lines, anchor, etc.; docks |
| purl[ing] | to flow or ripple with a murmuring sound |
| ardor | great passion; emotional warmth; zeal |
| tumult | commotion |
| founder | to sink |
| comber[s] | large ocean waves |
| travail | agony |
| spume | foam or froth |
| blanch[ed] | to become pale or white |
| grapple | a grip or clutch |
| appease | to satisfy, relieve; passify |
| supplication | humble prayer or request |
| insidious | treacherous; stealthy |
| entrails | the internal organs of humans or animals |
| tripe[s] | stomach lining of cattle; used for food |
| contrive[d] | to plan or scheme with evil intent |
| overweening | overbearing |
| restitution | the making good of or paying for damage or loss |
| forestay[s] | a rope supporting the front mast of a ship |
| bilge | the water around the lower part of the ship |
| contentious | quarrlesome; ready to argue |