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Mr. Hughes Vocabulary Unit 13
Vocabulary Workshop Level C
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English
7th Grade
04/22/2007

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adapt
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(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions
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attest
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(v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetail
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(v) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole
(n) a carpentry figure resembling a doves tail
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enormity
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(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
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falter
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(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitantingly; to lose drive
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foreboding
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(n) a warning or feeling something bad will happen
(adj) marked by fear, ominous
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forlorn
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(adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
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haughty
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(adj) chillingly proud and scornful
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impediment
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(n) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
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imperative
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(adj) necessary, urgent
(n) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
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loiter
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(v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry
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malinger
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(v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
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pithy
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(adj) short but full of meaning and point
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plunder
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(v) to rob by force, especially during war time; to seize wrongfully
(v) property stolen by force
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simper
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(v) to smile or speak in a silly, fordcd way
(v) a silly forced smile
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steadfast
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(adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
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vaunted
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(adh) much boasrted about in a vain or swaggering way
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vilify
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(v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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waif
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(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
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wry
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(adh) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
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