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Vocab Workshop 13
Vocabulary Workshop - Chapter 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adapt | to adjust to a new enviroment |
| attest | to be a witness |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly |
| enormity | something very big; something very evil |
| falter | to hesitate, to weaken |
| foreboding | a feeling something bad will happen |
| forlorn | feeling lonely, helpless, abandoned |
| haughty | stuck up |
| impediment | obstacles, a phisical defect |
| imperative | necessar, urgent |
| loiter | to hang around, to linger |
| malinger | pretend illnes to avoid work |
| pithy | short but meaningful |
| plunder | to rob by force |
| simper | to pretend happiness |
| steadfast | not changing or moving |
| vaunted | boasted about |
| vilify | to abuse unfairly, to put down |
| waif | a person without a home (usually a child) |
| wry | cleverly funny |