Unit 13 Flashcards
Provide or serve as clear evidence of
Attest
Make suitable for a new use or purpose
Adapt
A joint formed by one or more tapered projections
Dovetail
The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or the extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong
Enormity
Start to lose strength or momentum
Falter
Fearful apprehension, the feeling that something bad is going to happen
Foreboding
Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Forlorn
Arrogantly superior and disdainful
Haughty
A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
Impediment
Of vital importance
Imperative
Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose
Loiter
Exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work
Malinger
Concise and forceful expression
Pithy
Steal goods from a place or person
Plunder
Easily understood or known
Simpler