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Unit 8
Unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. To strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point. |
| capitulate | To end resistance, give up, throw in the towel. |
| chafe | A sore or injury caused by rubbing. To warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy; irk; to strain or press against. |
| defile | A narrow passage; gorge, canyon. To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of. To march in a single line or in columns. |
| dire | Dreadful, causing for fear or suffering; warning or trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster; |
| disarming | Charming, rending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion. |
| disgruntled | In bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
| encroach | To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
| endow | To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality. |
| Fend | To ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| impunity | Freedom from punishment. |
| mien | Air, manner; appearance; expression; |
| penal | Having to do with 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; an unusual feat; a child o young person with extraordinary ability or talent. |
| recluse | A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world. |
| renown | Fame, Glory |