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Unit nine vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apt | suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
| Awry | In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong out of the right or hoped-for course |
| Bludgeon | A short club used as a weapon(v.) to strike with heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
| Capitulate | to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
| Chafe | to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against;(n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| Defile | To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of(v. intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a passage; gorge, canyon |
| Dire | dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
| Disarming | charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness |
| Disgruntled | in bad humor, disconnected, annoyed |
| Encroach | to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| Endow | To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other things or quality |
| Fend | to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| Impunity | freedom of punishment |
| Mien | air, manner; appearance; expression |
| Penal | having to do punishment |
| Pertinent | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| Predominant | the greatest in strength or power; most common |
| Prodigy | something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| Recluse | A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| Renown | Fame, glory |