| A | B |
|---|
| Plunder | To rob by force; especially during wartime; to seize |
| Steadfast | Firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing |
| Pithy | Short but full of meaning |
| Loiter | To linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle |
| Attest | To bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine. |
| Wry | Twisted, turned to one side |
| Vilify | To abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously. |
| Haughty | Chillingly proud and scornful. |
| Imperative | Necessary, urgent |
| Falter | To hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly |
| Simper | To smile or speak in a silly, forced way. |
| Vaunted | Much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way. |
| Malinger | To pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job |
| Adapt | To adjust or change to suit conditions |
| Dovetail | To fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole |
| Waif | A person without a home or friend, a stray person or animal |
| Forlorn | Totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely |
| Impediment | A physical defect, a hindrance, obstacle |
| Foreboding | A warning or feeling that something bad will happen |
| Enormity | The quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act. |
