Vocabulary Unit 13 Flashcards
Dovetail
a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightly within corresponding mortises.
Adapt
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
Enormity
outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes.
Falter
to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
Foreboding
a prediction; portent.
a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
Forlon
desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
Haughty
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
Archaic. lofty or noble; exalted.
Impediment
obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
Imperative
absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
Loiter
to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
Malinger
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one’s duty, avoid work, etc.
Pithy
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
of, like, or abounding in pith.
Plunder
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
Simper
to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
Steadfast
fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, etc., as a person: a steadfast friend.
unwavering, as resolution, faith, adherence, etc.
firmly established, as an institution or a state of affairs.
firmly fixed in place or position.
