Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 13
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- a | dapt'
- (v.) to adjust or change to suit conditions Syn: regulate, alter, acclimate Ant: remain unchanged
- a | ttest'
- (v.) to bear witness, affirn to be true or genuine Syn: witness, verify, confirm, corroborate Ant: deny, disprove, refute, rebut
- dove' | tail
- (v.) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail Syn: (v.) mesh, jive, harmonize Ant: (v.) clash, be at odds
- e | nor' | mi | ty
- (n.) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity Syn: atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness Ant: mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness
- fal' | ter
- (v.) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline Syn: waver Ant: persevere, plug away at
- fore | bo' | ding
- (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, omnious Syn: (n.) misgiving, presentiment, premonition
- for | lorn'
- (adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless Syn: woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic Ant: jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper
- haugh' | ty
- (adj.) chillingly proud and scornful Syn: disdainful, supercilious Ant: meek, humble, unassuming, modest
- im | ped' | i | ment
- (n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle Syn: obstruction, stumbling block Ant: help, advantage, asset, plus
- im | per' | a | tive
- (adj.) necessary, urgent; (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required Syn: (adj.) essential, indispensable, mandatory Ant: (adj.) nonessential, unnecessary, optional
- loi' | ter
- (v.) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry Ant: hurry along
- ma | ling' | er
- (v.) to pretend illness to avoid any duty or work, lie down on the job Syn: goof off, shirk
- pith' | y
- (adj.) short but full of meaning and point Syn: terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling Ant: wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane
- plun' | der
- (v.) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n.) property stolen by force Syn: (v.) pillage, loot, sack; (n.) spoils, peif
- sim' | per
- (v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile Syn: (v.) snicker, smirk, titter, giggle
- stead' | fast
- (adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing Syn: loyal, faithful, unwavering Ant: inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating
- vaunt' | ed
- (adj.) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way Syn: trumpeted, heralded Ant: downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized
- vill' | i | fy
- (v.) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously Syn: malign, defame, denigrate, traduce Ant: glorify, extol, lionize
- waif
- (n.) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit Syn: stray, ragamuffin, street urchin
- wry
- (adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous Syn: dryly amusing, ironc, droll Ant: humorless, solemn, straight