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Vocabulary Unit 8
Term | Definition |
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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 |