| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | to adjust or change to suit conditions |
| attest | to bear winess, affirm to be true |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly |
| enormity | an exceedingly evil act |
| falter | to hesitate, stumble, lose courage |
| foreboding | a warning or feeling that something bad will happen |
| forlorn | totally abandoned and helpless; sad, lonely |
| haughty | chillingly proud nd scornful |
| impediment | a physical defect; obstacle |
| imperative | necessary, urgent |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way, hang around |
| malinger | to pretend illness to avoid work |
| pithy | short but full of meaning |
| plunder | to rob by force |
| simper | to smile or speak in a silly, forced way |
| steadfast | firmly fixed; constant |
| vaunted | much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way |
| vilify | to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously |
| waif | a young person without a home or friend |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side |
