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Unit 8
| Affluence | wealth, riches |
| arrears | unpain, or overdue debts |
| cascade | steep narrow waterfall |
| cringe | to shrink back or hide in fear |
| crotchety | cranky, |
| immobile | not movable |
| Impassable | something you can’t pass |
| Innovation | something new, a change |
| Jovial | good humored |
| manacle | a handcuff |
| martial | warlike, fond of fighting |
| minimum | the smallest possible amount |
| nimble | quick and skillful in movement |
| Onset | the beginning |
| partition | something that divided |
| perishable | likely to spoil or decay |
| retrieve | to find and bring back |
| sinister | appearing evil |
| taut | tightly drawn, tense |
| template | A pattern, typically in the form of wood, metal or plastic |