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vocab quiz
unit 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adapt | adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly, to connect so as to form a whole carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
| enormity | the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an evil act, huge size |
| falter | to hesitate, stumble, lose courage, speak hesitatingly |
| foreboding | warning or feeling that something bad will happen, marked by fear |
| forlorn | totally abandoned and helpless, sad, lonely, pitiful |
| haughty | chillingly proud and scornful |
| impediment | a physical defect, hindrance, obstacle |
| imperative | necessary, urgent, a form of a verb expressing a command; something necessary or required |
| loiter | linger in an aimless way, hang around |
| malinger | to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
| pithy | short but fill of meaning |
| plunder | to rob by force, especially during wartime, to seize wrongfully, property stolen by force |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly, forced way, silly forced smile |
| steadfast | firmly fixed, constant, not moving or changing |
| vaunted | much boasted about in a vein or swaggering way |
| vilify | to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| waif | a person (child) without a home or friend, a stray person or animal, something that comes along by chance |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side, cleverly or grimly humorous |