Unit 13 English Vocab

adapt

(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions

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

enormity

(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; immensity

falter

(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline

foreboding

(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear; ominous

forlorn

(adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless

haughty

(adj) chillingly proud and scornful

impediment

(n) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle

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, tarry

malinger

(v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work; lie down on the job

pithy

(adj) short but full of meaning and point

plunder

(v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force

simper

(v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile

steadfast

(adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing

vaunted

(adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way

vilify

(v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

waif

(n) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance

wry

(adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous

synonym for adapt

acclimate

synonym for attest

confirm

synonym for dovetail

jive/harmonize

synonym for enormity

atrocity

synonym for falter

waver

synonym for foreboding

premonition

synonym for forlorn

forsaken

synonym for haughty

supercilious

synonym for impediment

obstruction

synonym for imperative

essential

synonym for loiter

dawdle/tarry

synonym for malinger

shirk

synonym for pithy

meaty

synonym for plunder

to loot; loot

synonym for simper

snicker

synonym for steadfast

loyal

synonym for vaunted

heralded

synonym for vilify

defame

synonym for waif

ragamuffin

synonym for wry

dryly amusing

antonym for adapt

devolve

antonym for attest

deny

antonym for dovetail

clash

antonym for enormity

mildness

antonym for falter

persevere

antonym for foreboding

fortune

antonym for forlorn

jaunty/chipper

antonym for haughty

modest

antonym for impediment

asset

antonym for imperative

nonessential

antonym for loiter

hurry along

antonym for malinger

hustle

antonym for pithy

long-winded

antonym for plunder

gift; to gift

antonym for simper

frown

antonym for steadfast

fickle

antonym for vaunted

downplayed

antonym for vilify

glorify

antonym for waif

celebrity

antonym for wry

solemn