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Unit 8
Ela
| 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 used for good and advantage;make use of(n)benefit,or value |
| Crony | (n)a very close friend,bff |
| Cryptic | (adj)puzzling,mystifying,or enigmatic |
| Divergent | (adj)going in different way;different from many things:departing from convention,deviant |
| Enmity | (n.) hatred,ill-will |
| Fervent | (adj)very earnest,emotional,passionate;extremely hot |
| Gaunt | (adj)thin and bony;starved looking,barren |
| Infiltrate | (v) to pass through or gain entrance without being known |
| Nullify | (v)to make of no value or consequence,cancel,wipeout |
| Perceptible | (adj)capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| Plummet | (v)to plunge straight down;(n)a weight fastened to a line |
| Proclaim | (v)to declare publicly or offiacallly |
| Proxy | (n)an agent,substitute; a written permission allowing a person to act in another's place |
| Rankle | (v)to cause anger; frustrate,annoy,provoke |
| Scavenger | (n)a person who collects or removes items:an animal that on refuse or dead book |
| Stint | (v)to limit,be sparing or frugal;(n)a limit or restriction share of work or duty;a period of activity |
| Stocial | (adj)self-controlled,not showing feeling in response pleasure or pain |
| Unflagging | (v)tireless,continuing with vigor |