Unit 13

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a dapt`
(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions (s) regulate, alter, acclimate (a) remain unchanged
a ttest`
(v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine (s) witness, verify, confirm, corroborate (a) deny, disprove, refute, rebut
dove` tail
(v) to fit together exactly, to connect so as to form a whole (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail (s) mesh, jive, harmonize (a) clash, be at odds
e nor` mi ty
(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds, an exceedingly evil act, huge size, immensity (s) atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness (a) mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness
fal` ter
(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage, to speak hesitatingly, to lose drive, weaken, decline (s) waver (a) perservere, plug away at
fore bo` ding
(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen (adj) marked by fear, ominous (s) misgiving, presentiment, premonition
for lorn`
(adj) totally abandoned and helpless, sad and lonely, wretched or pitiful, almost hopeless (s) woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic (a) jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper
haugh` ty
(adj) chillingly proud and scornful (s) disdainful, supercilious (a) meek, humble, unassuming, modest
im ped` a ment
(n) a physical defect, a hindrance, obstacle (s) obstruction, stumbing block (a) help, advantage, asset, plus
im per` a tive
(adj) necessary urgent (n) a form of a verb expressing a command, that which is necessary or required (s) essential, indispensiable, mandatory (a) nonessential, unnecessary, optional