Vocab Definitions- Unit 13
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aleenasanakhan on January 16, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adapt | to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine |
| dovetall | to fit together excactly; to connect so as to form a whole |
| enormity | the qualify of excedding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
| falter | to hesitate, stumble, lose control, to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline |
| foreboding | a warning or feeling that something bad will happen |
| forlorn | totally abonded and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitfull; almost extremely |
| haughty | chillingly proud and scornful |
| impediment | a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle |
| imperative | necessary, urgent |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawadle. tarry |
| malinger | to pretend ilness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
| pithy | short but full of meaning and point |
| plunder | to rob by force, especially during wartime, to seize wrongfully |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly, forced way |
| steadfast | firmly foxed; constant not moving or changing |
| vaunted | much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way |
| vilify | to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| 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 |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humerous |
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