Unit 13 Flashcards

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Attest

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To bear witness to

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Adapt

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Adjust or modify fittingly

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Dovetail

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To join or fit together

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Enormity

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Greatness of size

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Falter

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To hesitate in action

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Foreboding

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A prediction

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Forlorn

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Desolate or dreary

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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud

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Impediment

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Obstruction

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Imperative

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Absolutely necessary

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Loiter

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To linger aimlessly

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Malinger

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To pretend illness

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Pithy

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Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

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Plunder

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To rob of goods or valuables

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Simper

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A silly, self conscious smile

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Steadfast

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Unwavering

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Vaunted

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Praised boastfully or excessively

17
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Vilify

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To speak ill of

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Waif

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A person who has no home or friends

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Wry

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Bent or turned to one side