Vocabulary Workshop Units 13-15

(v.) to adjust or change to suit conditions

to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine

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

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

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

(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous

(adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless

(adj.) chillingly proud and scornful

(n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle

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

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

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

(adj.) short but full of meaning and point

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

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

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

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

(v.) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

(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

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

(v.) to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like

(n.) a temporary peace, halt in fighting

• (adj.) haughty, too convinced of one's own
• importance

(adj.) gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste

(v.) to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to

(n.) a distinct period of time, era, age

(v.) to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance

(v.) to please, satisfy; to indulge or humor

(adj.) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; (n., preceded by the) an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for God

(adj.) easily made angry, hot-tempered

(n.) a person's relatives; a family relationship; (adj.) related by blood; like, similar

(adj.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience

(n.) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing

(v.) to blot out completely, destroy utterly

(adj.) appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

(v.) to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder

(n.) unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something; (adj.) based on a mechanical routine

(adj.) able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances; (n.) a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens

(adj.) long and tiresome

(n.) a person who sells something

(n.) a deep or bottomless pit

(v.) to happen, occur; to happen to

(adj.) of supreme importance, decisive, critical

(n. pl.) the last remaining part; the part of least worth

(v.) to give form to; to incorporate, include; to personify

(v.) to irritate, annoy, or anger

(n.) the complete collapse or failure of a project

(v.) to adorn or decorate, especially food; (n.) an ornament or decoration, especially for food

(n.) an inheritance; a birthright

(adj.) lifeless, unable to move or act; slow, inactive

(adj.) acting or working for self-gain only; (n.) a hired soldier, a soldier of fortune

(adj.) marked by carelessness or indifference; failing to do what should be done

(n.) forgetfulness, disregard; a state of being forgotten; an amnesty, general pardon

(n.) an impressive piece of work, especially a musical composition or other work of art

(adj.) pale, lacking color; weak and lifeless

(n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson

(adj.) based on reasoning; able to make use of reason; sensible, reasonable

(adj.) shared; involving give-and-take between two persons or things; working in both directions; (n.) (math) a number that, when multiplied by another number, gives 1

(n.) a limitation or restriction; a criticism; (medicine) a narrowing of a passage in the body

(n.) a thin outer layer; a surface appearance or decoration; (v.) to cover with a thin layer