| A | B |
| apparel | clothing , dress up |
| besiege | to cause worry or trouble |
| compress | press together to reduce in size or volume |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| dispatch | to send off or an official message |
| douse | to plunge into a liquid or put out |
| expressly | for a specific purpose |
| famished | suffering from hunger |
| forsake | to give up or leave |
| gainful | profitable |
| immense | very large or great |
| inept | totally without skill |
| ingenious | showing originality and very clever |
| instantaneous | done in an instant |
| irk | to annoy or trouble |
| libel | to write a statement that is hurtfully false |
| misgiving | a feeling of doubt or fear |
| oaf | a stupid or very clumsy person |
| recede | to go backward |
| repast | food or a meal |