All terms in this list:

besiege: To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

denounce: To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

dispatch: to send off or out for a reason

douse: to put out quickly

forsake: To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce.

gainful: bringing in money or some special advantage

immense: huge, gigantic, very large

inept: Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence

instantaneous: done in an instant

irk: to annoy , trouble

recede: to move back, to move away

repast: a meal