Unit 13

Question 1

Adapt (V)

Answer 1

To adjust or change to change to suit conditions

Question 2

Attest (V)

Answer 2

To bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine

Question 3

Dovetail (V) (N)

Answer 3

(V) To fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole
(N) A carpentry figure resembling a dove’s tail

Question 4

Enormity (N)

Answer 4

The quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size

Question 5

Falter (V)

Answer 5

To hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline

Question 6

Foreboding (N) (ADJ)

Answer 6

(N) A warning or feeling that something bad will happen

(Adj) Marked by fear, ominous

Question 7

Forlorn (Adj)

Answer 7

Totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless

Question 8

Haughty (Adj)

Answer 8

Chillingly proud and scornful

Question 9

Impediment (N)

Answer 9

A physical defect; hindrance, obstacle

Question 10

Imperative (adj) (N)

Answer 10

(Adj) Necessary, urgent

(N) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required

Question 11

Loiter (V)

Answer 11

To linger in an aimless way, hand around, dawdle

Question 12

Malinger (V)

Answer 12

To pretend illness to avoid duty or work, like down on the job

Question 13

Pithy (ADJ)

Answer 13

Shor but full of meaning

Question 14

Plunder (V) (N)

Answer 14

(V) To rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully
(N) Property stolen by force

Question 15

Simper (V) (N)

Answer 15

(V) To smile or speak in a silly, focused way

(N) A silly, forced smile

Question 16

Steadfast (Adj)

Answer 16

Firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing

Question 17

Vaunted (Adj)

Answer 17

Much boasted about in vain or swaggering way

Question 18

Vilify (V)

Answer 18

To abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

Question 19

Waif (N)

Answer 19

A person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit

Question 20

Wry (adj)

Answer 20

Twisted, turned to one sided; cleverly or grimly humorous xxxx c