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unit. 8 english
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abut | to join one end or next to to support prop up |
| attire | clothes appearal to dress or adorn |
| avail | to be use or benefit to to make use of use benefit or value |
| crony | a very close friend |
| cryptic | puzzling or mystifying |
| divergent | going in different directions differing from each other departing from convention deviant |
| enmity | hatred ill-will |
| fervent | very earnest emotional passionate extremley hot |
| gaunt | thin and bony starved looking bare barren |
| infilltrate | to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthy |
| nullify | to make of no value or consequence cancel wipe out |
| perceptible | capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| plummet | to plunge straight down a weight fastened to a line |
| proclaim | to declare publicity or officially |
| proxy | an agent substitute a written permission allowing one person to act in anothers place |
| rankle | to cause anger irritation or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time) |
| scavenger | a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| stint | to limit be sparing or frugal a limit or restriction a fixed share of work or duty a period of activity |
| stoical | self controlled not showing feeling in response to plesure or pain |
| unflagging | tireless continuing with vigor |