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