| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | to adjust or change. |
| attest | to bear witness, affirm. |
| dovetail | to fit together exactly; to connect to form a whole. |
| enormity | the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; 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 and lonely. |
| haughty | chillingly proud and scornful. |
| impediment | a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle. |
| imperative | necessary, urgent |
| loiter | to linger in an aimless way, hang around. |
| malinger | to pretend illness to avoid duty or work. |
| pithy | short but full of meaning and point. |
| plunder | to rob by force, expecially during wartime. |
| 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. |
| waif | a person, usually a child, without a home or friend. |
| wry | twisted, turned to one side; grimly humorous. |
