| A | B |
| apparel | clothing |
| besiege | to hound or to attack by surrounding with military force |
| compress | to press together or to shrink |
| denounce | to condemn openly or to criticize |
| dispatch | to send off; an official message |
| douse | to soak; to put out quickly |
| expressly | clearly or plainly |
| famished | hungry or starving |
| forsake | to give up or to abandon |
| gainful | profitable or moneymaking |
| immense | enormous |
| instantaneous | immediate or right away |
| ingenious | very clever |
| repast | a meal |
| inept | unskilled or clumsy |
| irk | to annoy or bother |
| libel | to smear someone's reputation |
| misgiving | worry or feeling of fear |
| oaf | a stupid person |
| recede | to go back |