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Unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abut | to join at one end |
| attire | clothes,apparel,to dress |
| avall | to be of use or benefit |
| crony | a very close friend |
| cryptic | puzzling,mystifying, or enigmatic |
| divergent | to be different from each other |
| enmity | hatred |
| fervent | emotional, very earnest, passionate |
| gaunt | thin & bony, starved looking, bare, barren |
| infiltrate | to pass through or gain entrance |
| nullify | to make of no value or consequence, cancel,wipe out |
| perceptible | capable of being grasped by the senses or mind,annul,invalidate |
| plummet | to plunge straight down |
| proclaim | to declare,announce |
| proxy | an agent,substitute, or written permission allowing a person to act in another's space |
| rankle | to cause anger,irration |
| scavenger | a peron who collects, an animal that feeds on refuse or a dead body |
| stint | to limit,restrict |
| stocial | self-controlled, not showing feeling in response,unresponsive,impassive |
| unflagging | tireless,steady,undiminished |