| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | (v) to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | (v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine |
| dovetail | (v) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail |
| enormity | (n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity |
| falter | (v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline |
| foreboding | (n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear, ominous |
| forlorn | (adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless |
| haughty | (adj) chillingly proud and scournful |
| impediment | (n) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle |
| imperative | (adj) necessary, urgent; (n) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required |
| loiter | (v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry |
| malinger | (v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
| pithy | (adj) short but full of meaning and point |
| plunder | (v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force |
| simper | (v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, force smile |
| steadfast | (adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing |
| vaunted | (adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way |
| vilify | (v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| waif | (n) a person (child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes a long by chance |
| wry | (adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous |
