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