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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 to form a whole (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail (SYN) (v.)mesh, jive, harmonize (ANT) clash, be at odds |
| enormity | (n.) exceedingly evil act, huge size, immensity (SYN) atrociousness, heinousness,atrocity,vastness (ANT) mildness,harmlessness,innocuousness |
| falter | (v.)to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitantly; to lose drive, weaken,decline (SYN) waver (ANT) persevere, plug away at |
| foreboding | (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, hopeful |
| haughty | (adj.) chillingly proud and scornful (SYN) disdainful, supercilious (ANT) meek, humble,unassuming, modest |
| impediment | (n) a physical defect; hindrance, obstacle (SYN)obstruction, stumbling block (ANT) help,advantage, asset,plus |
| imperative | (n.) form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required(adj)necessary, urgent (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 work, lie down on the job (SYN) goof off, shirk |
| pithy | (adj) short but full of meaning and to the point (SYN)terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling (ANT) wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane |
| plunder | (n.) property stolen by force(v.) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully (SYN) (n.) spoils, pelf (v.) pillage, loot, sack |
| simper | (v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way (n.) a silly, forced smile (SYN) snicker, smirk, titter, giggle |
| steadfast | (adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing (SYN) loyal, faithful, unwavering (ANT) inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vascillating |
| vaunted | (adj.) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way (SYN) trumpeted, hearlded (ANT) downplayed, soft-pedaled,de-emphasized |
| villify | (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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