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Unit 13 English Vocab
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adapt
(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions
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attest
(v) to bear witness; affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetail
(v) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
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enormity
(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; immensity
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falter
(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
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foreboding
(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear; ominous
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forlorn
(adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
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haughty
(adj) chillingly proud and scornful
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impediment
(n) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
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imperative
(adj) necessary, urgent; (n) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
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loiter
(v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry
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malinger
(v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work; lie down on the job
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pithy
(adj) short but full of meaning and point
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plunder
(v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force
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simper
(v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile
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steadfast
(adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
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vaunted
(adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
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vilify
(v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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waif
(n) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance
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wry
(adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
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synonym for adapt
acclimate
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synonym for attest
confirm
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synonym for dovetail
jive/harmonize
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synonym for enormity
atrocity
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synonym for falter
waver
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synonym for foreboding
premonition
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synonym for forlorn
forsaken
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synonym for haughty
supercilious
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synonym for impediment
obstruction
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synonym for imperative
essential
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synonym for loiter
dawdle/tarry
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synonym for malinger
shirk
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synonym for pithy
meaty
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synonym for plunder
to loot; loot
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synonym for simper
snicker
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synonym for steadfast
loyal
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synonym for vaunted
heralded
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synonym for vilify
defame
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synonym for waif
ragamuffin
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synonym for wry
dryly amusing
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antonym for adapt
devolve
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antonym for attest
deny
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antonym for dovetail
clash
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antonym for enormity
mildness
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antonym for falter
persevere
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antonym for foreboding
fortune
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antonym for forlorn
jaunty/chipper
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antonym for haughty
modest
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antonym for impediment
asset
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antonym for imperative
nonessential
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antonym for loiter
hurry along
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antonym for malinger
hustle
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antonym for pithy
long-winded
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antonym for plunder
gift; to gift
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antonym for simper
frown
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antonym for steadfast
fickle
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antonym for vaunted
downplayed
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antonym for vilify
glorify
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antonym for waif
celebrity
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antonym for wry
solemn
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