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Vocabulary Unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abut | [verb] border on; bolster |
| attire | [noun] clothes [verb] to dress; bedeck; adorn |
| avail | [verb] to be or make of use or benefit; to make profit [noun] use; benefit; profit |
| crony | [noun] friend; pal; chum; buddy |
| cryptic | [adjective] puzzling; enigmatic |
| divergent | [adjective] differing; deviant; unorthodox |
| enmity | [noun] hatred; ill-will; animosity; antagonism |
| fervent | [adjective] emotional; passionate; extremely hot; ardent |
| gaunt | [adjective] thin; bony; lanky |
| infiltrate | [verb] slip, creep into; penetrate |
| Nulify | [verb] invalidate; annul |
| perceptible | [adjective] noticeable; discerniblr; observable |
| plummet | [verb] to plunge straight down [noun] a weight fastened to a line |
| Proclaim | [verb] to declare; announce; promulgate |
| Proxy | [noun] substitute; representative |
| Rankle | [verb] to cause anger; irritate; vex; nettle; gall |
| Scavenger | [noun] rummager; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| stint | [verb] to limit; restrict; scrimp [noun] a limit or restriction |
| stoical | [adjective] self-controlled; impassive |
| Unflagging | [adjective] tireless; undiminishing; unremitting |