adapt
regulate, alter, acclimate
attest
witness, verify, confirm, corroborate
dovetail
mesh, jive, harmonize
enormity
atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness
falter
waver
foreboding
misgiving, presentiment, premonition
forlorn
woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic
haughty
disdainful, supercilious
impediment
obstruction, stumbling block
imperative
essential, indispensable, mandatory
loiter
(none)
malinger
goof off, shirk
pithy
terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling
plunder
pillage, loot sack; spoils, pelf
simper
snicker, smirk, titter, giggle
steadfast
loyal, faithful, unwavering
vaunted
trumpeted, heralded
villify
malign, defame, denigrate, traduce
waif
stray, ragamuffin, street urchin
wry
dryly amusing, ironic, droll