| A | B |
|---|
| steward | a ship’s officer in charge of provisions and dining arrangements |
| complacent | overcontented |
| purser | the officer in charge of money matters on board a ship |
| turbot | a European flatfish valued as food |
| relish | pleasure: zest |
| auction | a public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder |
| pool | the fund containing the bets made in a game of chance or on a horse race |
| gale | a very powerful wind |
| contempt | the state of being despised or dishonored: disgrace |
| bollard | a thick post on a ship or wharf for securing ropes and hawsers |
| assail | to attack with or as with violent blows; assault |
| wake | the visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water |
