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Unit 2 Chapter 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BLATANT | Very obvious, often offensively so; unmistakable |
| BLIGHT | Something that weakens, damages, or destroys; something that harms |
| CONTRIVE | To plan cleverly; think up |
| GARBLE | To mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble; to jumble |
| GAUNT | Thin and bony |
| GLOAT | To feel or express delight or self-satisfaction, often spitefully |
| IMMACULATE | Perfectly clean; spotless |
| PLAGIARISM | Using someone else's writings or ideas as one's own; stealing of ideas |
| QUALM | An uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is; a guilty feeling |
| RETALIATE | To return an injury for an injury; pay back; to take revenge |