Besiege
(v.) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble
Compress
(v.) to press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n.) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury
Dispatch
(v.) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; (n.) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing
Douse
(v.) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish
Famished
(adj.) suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something
Gainful
(adj.) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage
Ingenious
(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever
Irk
(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary
Oaf
(n.) a big, clumsy, slow individual
Recede
(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant
Immense
(adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement
Repast
(n) a meal, food
Instantaneous
(adj.) done in an instant; immediate
Misgiving
(n.) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
Expressly
(adv.) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose
Apparel
(n.) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; (v.) to put clothes on, dress up
Inept
(adj.) totally without skill or appropriateness
Forsake
(v.) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon
Lible
(n.) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (v.) to write or publish such a statement
Denounce
(v) to condemn openly; to accuse formally