adapt ??dapt/
(v) to adjust or change to suit conditions
Syn: regulate, alter, acclimate
Ant: remain unchanged
attest ??test/
(v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or geniune
Syn: witness, verify, confirm, corroborate
Ant: deny, disprove, refute, rebut
dovetail ?d?v?t?l/
(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
enormity i?n�rm?d?
(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
Syn: heinousness, atrocity, vastness
Ant: mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness
falter ?f�lt?r/
(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
Syn: waver
Ant: persevere, plug away at
foreboding f�r?b?diNG
(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear, ominous
Syn: (n) presentiment, premonition, misgiving
forlorn f?r?l�rn/
(adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
Syn: woebegone, forsaken, berefit, pathetic
Ant: jaunty, bouyant, blithe, chipper, promising
haughty ?h�d?
(adj) chillingly proud and scornful
Syn: distainful, supercilious
Ant: meek, humble, unassuming, modest
impediment im?ped?m?nt/
(n) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
Syn: obstruction, stumbling block
Ant: help, advantage, asset, plus
imperative ?m?per?div
(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, unecessary, optional
loiter ?loid?r
(v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle
Syn: tarry
Ant: hurry along
malinger m??liNG??r
(v) to pretend to be ill or injured in order to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
Syn: goof off, shirk, play hooky
Ant: working hard
pithy ?piTH?
(adj) short but full of meaning
Syn: terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling
Ant: wordy, verbose, long-winded, foolish, inane
plunder pl?nd?r/
(v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force
Syn: (v) pillage, loot, sack, ransack; (n) spoils, pelf
simper simp?r
(v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile
Syn: (v) snicker, titter, giggle, smirk; (n) smirk
Ant: (v) glower; (n) glower
steadfast ?sted?fast/
(adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
Syn: loyal, faithful, unwavering
Ant: inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating
vaunted v�nt,v�nt
(adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
Syn: trumpeted, heralded, proclaimed
Ant: downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized, discounted
vilify ?vil??f?/
(v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
Syn: malign, defame, denigrate, traduce
Ant: glorify, exol, lionize
waif w?f
(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, urchin, ragamuffins
Ant: socialite
wry r?/
(adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
Syn: dryly amusing, droll, tongue-in-cheek
Ant: humorless, solemn, straight