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adapt: to adjust or change to suit conditions
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attest: to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetall: to fit together excactly; to connect so as to form a whole
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enormity: the qualify of excedding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
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falter: to hesitate, stumble, lose control, to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
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foreboding: a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
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forlorn: totally abonded and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitfull; almost extremely
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haughty: chillingly proud and scornful
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impediment: a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
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imperative: necessary, urgent
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loiter: to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawadle. tarry
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malinger: to pretend ilness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
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pithy: short but full of meaning and point
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plunder: to rob by force, especially during wartime, to seize wrongfully
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simper: to smile or speak in a silly, forced way
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steadfast: firmly foxed; constant not moving or changing
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vaunted: much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
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vilify: to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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waif: a person (usually a child) wihout a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes alongby a chance, a stray bit
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wry: twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humerous