| A | B |
| muslins | strong, sheer cloth |
| surly | rude |
| perilous | dangerous |
| Chandlers | maker or seller of candales; retailer |
| fetid | stinking |
| decapition | cut off head |
| expanse | wide |
| lucrative | producing wealth |
| dispirited | lower spirits |
| flogged | to beat severly |
| recounted | to narrate the facts |
| abated | became less in intensitt |
| impaled | fixed in an inescapable; trapped |
| carronade | obsolete short light iron canon |
| gaff | pole used to hold the upper edge of sail |
| pressganged | person that forces someone into service |
| impertinent | like rude behavior |
| jettion | to cast off |
| cauldron | a large vessel |
| lament | to cry out in grife |
| concessions | to yield |
| demeaning | showing no respect |
| sorties | short trip |
| recumbent | the slaves lying down |
| davits | crane projects over side of ship and used for boats |
| keening | compline loudly |
| depraved | evil |
| duff | steamed pudding with dried fruit |
| florished | to make sweeping gesture |
| chagrined | to humiliating |
| mortifiation | sense of shame by one pride |
| rations | all oments |
| savage | an un cililized peson |
| turbulent | wildly irregilar motion |
| venture | a tirp with un know date to return |