| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | to bear witness; affirm to be true |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly; to connect |
| enormity | exceeding all moral bounds; huge size |
| falter | to hesitate, to lose drive |
| foreboding | a warning or feelling that something bad is to happen |
| forlorn | hopeless; sad and lonely |
| haughty | proud and scornful |
| impediment | obstacle; physical defect |
| imperative | necessary or urgent |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way |
| malinger | to pretend illness to avoid duty or work |
| pithy | short but full of meaning and point |
| plunder | to rob by force |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly, forced way |
| steadfast | firmly fixed |
| vaunted | much boasted about in a vain way |
| vilify | to abuse or belittle unjustly |
| waif | a person without a home |
| wry | twisted or turned to one side |
