| A | B |
|---|
| assailant | attacker |
| distraction | mental disturbance or distress |
| apprehensions | feelings of anxiety or dread |
| alleviate | relieve; reduce |
| interspersed | used as; placed at intervals |
| commodious | spacious |
| consernation | confusion resulting from fear or shock |
| improvident | careless; not providing for the future |
| avarice | greed |
| rogue | rascal; scoundrel |
| bellows | device that produces a strong air current, used for blowing fires |
| copious | wordy |
| saluted | met |
| meanest | lowest |
| countenances | faces |
| windlass | device used to raise and lower heavy objects, like a ship's anchor |
| flogged | beat with a rod or whip |
| foremast | mast closest to the bow, or front, of a ship |
| hold | enclosed area below a ship's deck, where cargo is usually stored |
| pestilential | deadly, harmful |
| necessary tubs | toilets |
| fetters | shackles or chains for the feet |
| scruple | unease or doubt arising from difficulty in determining what is right |
