Unit 13 Flashcards by Isabella Virgen

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Attest

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Provide or serve as clear evidence of

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Adapt

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Make suitable for a new use or purpose

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Dovetail

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A joint formed by one or more tapered projections

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Enormity

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The great or extreme scale

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Falter

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Start to lose strength or momentum

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Foreboding

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Fearful Apprehension

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Forlorn

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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Impediment

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A hindrance or obstruction in doing something

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Imperative

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Of vital importance, crucial

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Loiter

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Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose

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Malinger

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Exaggerate or fake an illness in order to escape duty or work

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Pithy

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Concise or forcefully expressive

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Plunder

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Steal goods for a place or person

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Simper

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Smile or gesture affectionally

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Steadfast

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resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering

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Vaunted

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Boast or praise about something

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Vilify

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Speak or write about abusively

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Waif

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A homeless or helpless person

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Wry

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Mocking humor