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Unit 8 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abut | to join at one end or be next to; support, prop up |
| Attire | clothes, apparel, garb to dress, adorn, or bedeck |
| Avail | to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit, or value |
| Crony | a very close friend , pal, chum, buddy |
| Cryptic | puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic |
| Divergent | going in different directions, different from each other; departing from convention , deviant |
| Enmity | hatred, ill-will |
| Fervent | very earnest, emotional , passionate, extremely ho |
| Gaunt | thin & bony, starved looking; bare, barren |
| Infiltrate | to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily |
| Nullify | to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out |
| Perceptible | capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| Plummet | to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to the line |
| Proclaim | to declare publicly or official |
| Proxy | an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing a person to act in another's place |
| Rankle | to cause anger; irritation, or bitterness |
| Scavenger | person who collects or remove usable items from materials ; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| Stint | to limit, be sparing or frugal a limit restriction share of work or duty; a period of activity |
| Stoical | self-controlled, not showing feeling in response pleasure or pain |
| Unflagging | tireless, continuing with vigor |