(v) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
Syn- waver
Ant- preserve
Back
vilify
Vil I fy
Front
(v) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
Syn- malign defame denigrate
Ant- glorify
Back
forlorn
For lorn
Front
(adj) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
Syn- woebegone forsaken bereft
Ant- jaunty buoyant blithe modest
Back
malinger
Mal inger
Front
(v) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
Syn- good off
Back
wry
Front
(adj) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly or grimly humorous
Syn- dryly amusing
Ant- humorless
Back
enormity
En or mit y
Front
(n) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
Syn- heinousness atrocity vastness
Back
attest
At test
Front
(v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
Syn-witness verify confirm
Ant- deny disprove
Back
imperative
Im per a tive
Front
(adj) necessary, urgent; (n) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
Syn- essential indispensable
Ant- non essential
(n) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj) marked by fear, ominous
Syn- presentment
Back
adapt
Front
(v) to adjust or change to suit condition
Syn_Regulate alter acclimate
Ant- remain unchanged
Back
waif
Front
(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
Back
steadfast
Stead fast
Front
(adj) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
Syn- loyal faithful
Ant- inconsistent fickle
Back
plunder
Plun der
Front
(v) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n) property stolen by force
Syn- pillage loot sack
Back
dovetail
Dove tail
Front
(v) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
Syn-mesh jive harmonize
Ant- clash be at odds
Back
impediment
Im ped im ent
Front
(n) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
Syn obstruction stumbling block
Ant- help advantage
Back
simper
Sim per
Front
(v) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n) a silly, forced smile
Syn- snicker titter
Back
loiter
Loy ter
Front
(v) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle
syn- hurry along
Back
pithy
Front
(adj) short but full of meaning
Syn- terse short and sweet
Ant- wordy verbose
Back
vaunted
Vaun ted
Front
(adj) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
Syn- trumpeted heralded
Ant- downplayed
