| A | B |
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| adapt | to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| adapt | syn. regulate, alter, acclimate |
| adapt | ant. remain unchanged |
| attest | to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine |
| attest | syn. witness, verify, conferm, corroborate |
| attest | ant. deny, disprove, refute, rebut |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
| dovetail | syn. mesh, jive, harmonize |
| dovetail | ant. clash, be at odds |
| enormity | the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
| enormity | syn. atrociousness, heinousnes, atrocity, vastness |
| enormity | ant. mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness |
| falter | to hesitate, stuble, loose courage; to speak hesitantly; to loose drive, weaken, decline |
| falter | syn. waver |
| falter | ant. persevere, plug away at |
| foreboding | a warning or feelnig that something bad will happen; marked by fear; ominous |
| foreboding | syn. misgiving, presentiment, premonition |
| forlorn | totally abandoned and helpless; sad adn lonely; wretched or pitiful, almost hopeless |
| forlorn | syn. woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic |
| forlorn | ant. jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper |
| haughty | chillingly proud and scornful |
| haughty | disdainful, supercilious |
| haughty | meek, humble, unassuming, modest |
| impediment | a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle |
| impediment | syn. obstruction, stumbling block |
| impediment | ant. help, advantage, asset, plus |
| imperative | necessary, urgent, a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
| imperative | syn. essential, indispensable, mandatory |
| imperative | ant. nonessential, unnecessary, optional |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry |
| loiter | ant. hurry along |
| malinger | to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
| malinger | syn. goof off, shirk |
| pithy | short but full of meaning and point |
| pithy | syn. terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling |
| pithy | wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane |
| plunder | to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; property stolen by force |
| plunder | syn. pillage, loot, sack; spoils, pelf |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly, forced way |
| simper | syn. snicker, smirk, titter, giggle |
| steadfast | firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing |
| steadfast | syn. loyal, faithful, unwavering |
| steadfast | ant. inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating |
| vaunted | much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way |
| vaunted | syn. trumpeted, heralded |
| vaunted | ant. downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized |
| vilify | to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| vilify | syn. malign, defame, denigrate, traduce |
| vilify | ant. glorify, extol, lionize |
| 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 |
| waif | syn. stray, ragamuffin, street urchin |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
| wry | syn. dryly amusing, ironic, droll |
| wry | ant. humorless, solemn, straight |
