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
2
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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
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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