Retrocede - to go back, recede. To cede back something, like...territory.

Tyro - a beginner in learning, a novice.

victuals :food; provisions

whipjack

whining beggar who pretends to be a sailor

Xerosis abnormal state of dryness of the body. 

The lady had waited months for the Prince’s kiss, only to find his parted lips xerotic! 

Yarborough

noun


  1. (in bridge or whist) a hand with no card above a nine.

Zester - a kitchen utensil for removing fine shreds of zest from citrus fruit

Addle - ad·dle/ˈadl/  make unable to think clearly; confuse.

commensurate equal in extent; of the same size
"salary will be commensurate with experience"

effete: having lost one’s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted