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Unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abut | (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up |
| Attire | (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck |
| Avail | (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value |
| Crony | (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy |
| Cryptic | (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic |
| Divergent | (adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant synonyms: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional antonyms:merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional |
| Enmity | (n.) hatred, ill-will synonyms: hostility, animosity, antagonism |
| Fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching antonyms:blasé, apathetic, restrained, emotionless |
| Gaunt | (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren |
| Infiltrate | (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily |
| Nullify | Nullify (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out |
| Perceptible | (adj.) capable of being grasped by the sense or mind |
| Plummet | (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line |
| Proclaim | (v.) to declare publicly or officially |
| Proxy | (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place |
| Rankle | (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time) |
| Scanvenger | (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| Stint | (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity |
| Stocial | (adj.) self-controlled; not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain |
| Unflagging | (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor synonyms: steady, undiminished, unremitting |