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Vocab Unit 13 Level C
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level C
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| adapt | (v) to adjust or change to suit conditions (syn) regulate, alter, acclimate (ant) remain unchanged |
| attest | (v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine (syn) witness, verify, confirm, corroborate (ant) deny, disprove, refute, rebut |
| dovetail | (v) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail (syn) (v) mesh, jive, harmonize (ant) (v) clash, be at odds |
| enormity | (n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act, huge size, immensity (syn) atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness (ant) mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness |
| falter | (v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline (syn) waver (ant) persevere, plug away at |
| forboding | (n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear, ominous (syn) (n) misgiving, presentiment, premonition |
| forlorn | (adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless (syn) woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic (ant) jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper |
| haughty | (adj) chillingly proud and scornful (syn) disdainful, supercilious (ant) meek, humble, unassuming, modest |
| impediment | (n) a physical defect, a hindrance, obstacle (syn) obstruction, stumbling block, (ant) help, advantage, asset, plus |
| imperative | (adj) necessary, urgent; (n) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required (syn) (adj) essential, indispensable, mandatory (ant) (adj) nonessential, unnecessary, optional |
| loiter | (v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry (ant) hurry along |
| malinger | (v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or word, lie down on the job (syn) goof off, shirk |
| pithy | (adj) short but full of meaning and point (syn) terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling (ant) wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane |
| plunder | (v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force (syn) (v) pillage, loot, sack, (n) spoils, pelf |
| simper | (v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile (syn) (v) snicker, smirk, titter, giggle |
| steadfast | (adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing (syn) loyal, faithful, unwavering (ant) inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating |
| vaunted | (adJ) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way (syn) trumpeted, heralded (ant) downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized |
| vilify | (v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously (syn) malign, defame, denigrate, traduce (ant) glorify, extol, lionize |
| waif | (n) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend, a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit (syn) stray, ragamuffin, street urchin |
| wry | (adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous (syn) dryly amusing, ironic, droll (ant) humorless, solemn, straight |
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