Unit Thirteen Flashcards by Isabella J | Brainscape

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to adjust or change to suit conditions

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adapt

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to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine

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attest

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to fit together exactly

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dovetail

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to connect so as to form a whole

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dovetail

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a carpentry figure resembling a dove’s tail

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dovetail

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the quality of exceeding all moral bounds

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enormity

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an exceedingly evil act

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enormity

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huge size, immensity

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enormity

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to hesitate, stumble, lose courage

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falter

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to speak hesitatingly

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falter

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to lose drive, weaken, decline

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falter

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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen

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foreboding

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marked by fear, ominous

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foreboding

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totally abandoned and helpless;

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forlorn

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sad and lonely

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forlorn

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wretched or pitiful

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forlorn

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almost hopeless

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forlorn

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chillingly proud and scornful

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haughty

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a physical defect

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impediment

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a hindrance, obstacle

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impediment

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necessary, urgent;

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imperative

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a form of a verb expressing a command

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imperative

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that which is necessary or required

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imperative

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to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry

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loiter

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to pretend ilness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job

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malinger

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short but full of meaning and point

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pithy

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to rob by force, especially during wartime

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plunder

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to seize wrongfully

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plunder

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property stolen by force

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plunder

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to smile or speak in a silly, forced way;

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simper

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a silly, forced smile

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simper

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firmly fized;

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steadfast

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constant, not moving or changing

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steadfast

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much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way

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vaunted

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to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

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vilify

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a person (usually a child) without a home or friend;

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waif

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a stray person or animal;

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waif

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something that comes along by chance, a stray bit

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waif

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twisted, truned to one side

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wry

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cleverly and often grimly humorous

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wry

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S for adapt

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Regulate, Alter Acclimate

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S for attest

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Witness, Verify, Confirm, Corroborate

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S for dovetail

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Mesh, Jive, Harmonize

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S for enormity

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Atrociousness, Heinousness, Atrocity, Vastness

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S for falter

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waver

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S for foreboding

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Misgiving, presentiment, premonition

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S for haughty

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Disdainful, Supercilious

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S for impediment

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Obstruction, stumbling block

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S for imperative

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Essential, Indispensable, Mandatory

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S for malinger

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Goof off, shirk

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S for pithy

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Terse, Short and Sweet, Meaty, Telling

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S for plunder

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Pillage, Loot, Sack, Spoils, Peif

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S for simper

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Snicker, Smirk, Titter Giggle

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S for steadfast

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Loyal, Faithful, Unwavering

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S for vaunted

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Trumpeted, Heralded

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S for vilify

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Malign, Defame, Denigrate, Traduce

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S for waif

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Stray, Ragamuffin, Street Urchin

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S for wry

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Dryly Amusing, ironic, droll

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A for adapt

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remain unchanged

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A for attest

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deny, disprove, refute, rebut

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A for dovetail

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clash, be at odds

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A for enormity

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mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness

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A for falter

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persevere, plug away at

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A for forlorn

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jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper

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A for haughty

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meek, humble, unassuming, modest

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A for impediment

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help, advantage, asset, plus

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A for imperative

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nonessential, unnecessary, optional

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A for loiter

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hurry along

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A for pithy

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wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane

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A for steadfast

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inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating

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A for vaunted

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downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized

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A for vilify

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glorify, extol, lionize

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A for wry

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humorless, solemn, straight