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Unit 13
Unit 13 vocab cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adapt | (v.) to adjust or change to suit conditions s: change a: stay the same |
| attest | (v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine s: affirm a: lie |
| dovetail | (v.) to fit together exactly, to connect so as to form a whole (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail s: fit, match a: different |
| enormity | (n.) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity s: large a: small |
| faltered | (v.) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitantly, to lose drive, weaken, decline s: hesitate a: clear, couragous |
| foreboding | (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen (adj.) marked by fear, ominous s: bad feeling a: exciting, good |
| forlorn | (adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful, almost hopeless s: hopeless a: hopeful |
| haughty | (adj.) chillingly proud and scornful s: overly proud a: ashamed |
| impediment | (n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle s: obstacle a: tool |
| imperative | (adj.) urgent (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required s: required a: unimporntant |
| loiter | (v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry ant - hurry along s: linger a: leave |
| malinger | (v) to pretend to be ill or injured in order to avoid duty or work s: fake a: truthful worker |
| pithy | (adj) short but full of meaning s: short but meaningful a: unmeaningful |
| plunder | (v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force s: Rob a: give back |
| simper | (v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile s: silly a: unemotional |
| steadfast | (adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing s: constant a: moving |
| vaunted | (adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way s: boast in vain a: quiet |
| vilify | (v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously s: belittle a: kind, build up |
| 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 s: orphan, stray a: child with a home |
| wry | (adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous s: twisted a: thoughtful, kind |
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