Unit Thirteen Flashcards by Isabella J

to adjust or change to suit conditions

adapt

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to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine

attest

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to fit together exactly

dovetail

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to connect so as to form a whole

dovetail

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a carpentry figure resembling a dove’s tail

dovetail

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the quality of exceeding all moral bounds

enormity

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an exceedingly evil act

enormity

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huge size, immensity

enormity

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to hesitate, stumble, lose courage

falter

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to speak hesitatingly

falter

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to lose drive, weaken, decline

falter

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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen

foreboding

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marked by fear, ominous

foreboding

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totally abandoned and helpless;

forlorn

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sad and lonely

forlorn

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wretched or pitiful

forlorn

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almost hopeless

forlorn

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chillingly proud and scornful

haughty

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a physical defect

impediment

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a hindrance, obstacle

impediment

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necessary, urgent;

imperative

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a form of a verb expressing a command

imperative

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that which is necessary or required

imperative

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to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry

loiter

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to pretend ilness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job

malinger

short but full of meaning and point

pithy

to rob by force, especially during wartime

plunder

to seize wrongfully

plunder

property stolen by force

plunder

to smile or speak in a silly, forced way;

simper

a silly, forced smile

simper

firmly fized;

steadfast

constant, not moving or changing

steadfast

much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way

vaunted

to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

vilify

a person (usually a child) without a home or friend;

waif

a stray person or animal;

waif

something that comes along by chance, a stray bit

waif

twisted, truned to one side

wry

cleverly and often grimly humorous

wry

S for adapt

Regulate, Alter Acclimate

S for attest

Witness, Verify, Confirm, Corroborate

S for dovetail

Mesh, Jive, Harmonize

S for enormity

Atrociousness, Heinousness, Atrocity, Vastness

S for falter

waver

S for foreboding

Misgiving, presentiment, premonition

S for haughty

Disdainful, Supercilious

S for impediment

Obstruction, stumbling block

S for imperative

Essential, Indispensable, Mandatory

S for malinger

Goof off, shirk

S for pithy

Terse, Short and Sweet, Meaty, Telling

S for plunder

Pillage, Loot, Sack, Spoils, Peif

S for simper

Snicker, Smirk, Titter Giggle

S for steadfast

Loyal, Faithful, Unwavering

S for vaunted

Trumpeted, Heralded

S for vilify

Malign, Defame, Denigrate, Traduce

S for waif

Stray, Ragamuffin, Street Urchin

S for wry

Dryly Amusing, ironic, droll

A for adapt

remain unchanged

A for attest

deny, disprove, refute, rebut

A for dovetail

clash, be at odds

A for enormity

mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness

A for falter

persevere, plug away at

A for forlorn

jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper

A for haughty

meek, humble, unassuming, modest

A for impediment

help, advantage, asset, plus

A for imperative

nonessential, unnecessary, optional

A for loiter

hurry along

A for pithy

wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane

A for steadfast

inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating

A for vaunted

downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized

A for vilify

glorify, extol, lionize

A for wry

humorless, solemn, straight