Adapt

(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions

s:  regulate, alter, acclimate

a:  remain unchanged

attest

(v)to bear wittness, affirm to be true or genuine

s:  witness, verify, confirm, corroborate

a:  deny, disprove, refute, rebut

dovetail

(v) to fit together exactly, to connect so as to form a whole; (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail

s:  (v) mesh, jive, harmonize

a:  (v) clash, be at odds

enormity

(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity

s:  atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness

a:  mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness

falter

(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage, to speak hesitatingly, to lose drive, weaken, decline

s:  waver

a:  persevere, plug away at

foreboding

(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen

(adj) marked by fear, ominous

s:  (n) misgiving, presentiment, premotion

forlorn

(adj) totally abandoned and helpfuless, sad and lonely, wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless

s:  woebegone, forsaken, benefit, pathetic

a:  jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper

haughty

(adj) chillingly proud and scornful

s:  disdainful, supercilious

a:  meek, humble, unassuming, modest

imediment

(n) a physical defect, a hindrance, obstacle

s:  obstruction, stumbling block

a:  help, advantage, asset, plus

imperative

(adj) necessary, urgent; (n) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required

s:  (adj) essential, indispensable, mandatory

a:  (adj) nonessential, unnecessary, optional

loiter

(v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry

a: hurry along

malinger

(v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job

s:  goof off, shirk

pithy

(adj) short but full of meaning and point

s:  terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling

a:  wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane

plunder

(v) to rob by force, especially during wartime, to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force

s:  (v) pillage, loot, sack; (n) spoils, pelf

simper

(v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile

s:  (v) snicker, smirk, titter, giggle

steadfast

(adj) firmly fixed, constant, not moving or changing

s:  loyal, faithful, unwavering

a:  inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vaciliating

vaunted

(adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way

s:  malign, defame, denigrate, traduce

a:  glorify, extol, lionize

villify 

(v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

s:  malign, defame, denigrate, traduce

a: 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

s:  stray ragamuffin, street urchin

wry

(adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous

s:  dryly amusing, ironic, droll

a:  humorless, solemn, straight