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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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dovetail |
to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole |
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dovetail |
a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
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enormity |
the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
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falter |
to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; 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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foreboding |
marked by fear, ominous |
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forlorn |
totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless |
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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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imperative |
a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
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loiter |
to linger in an aimless way; hang around, dawdle, tarry |
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malinger |
to pretend illness 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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plunder |
property stolen by force |
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simper |
to smile or speak in a silly, forced way |
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simper |
a silly, forced smile |
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steadfast |
firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing |
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vaunted |
much boasted about in 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) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit |
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wry |
twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
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