| A | B |
| adapt | to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | to bear witness; affirm to be true |
| enormity | exceeding all moral bounds; huge size |
| falter | to hesitate, to lose drive |
| forlorn | hopeless; sad and lonely |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way |
| pithy | short but full of meaning and point |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly, forced way |
| steadfast | firmly fixed |
| wry | twisted or turned to one side |