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unit 8 2/23/11
unit 8 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abut | to join at one end or next to;to support,prop up |
| attire | clothes,appeal;to dress or adorn |
| avail | to be of use or benefit to;to make use of;use,benefit,value |
| crony | a very close friend,pal,chum |
| cryptic | puzzling or mystifying |
| divergent | going in different directions;differing from eachother;departing from convention,deviant |
| enmity | hatred,ill-will |
| fervent | very enerst,emotional,passionate;extremely hot |
| gaunt | thin and bony,starved looking;bare,barren |
| infiltrate | to pass through or gain entrance to gardually or stealthily |
| nullify | to make of no value or consequence,canel,wipe out |
| perceptible | capable of eing grasped by the senses or mind |
| plummet | to plunge straight down;a weight fastened to a line |
| proclaim | to declare publicly or officially |
| proxy | an agent, subsitute;written permission allowing one person to act in another's place |
| rankle | to cause anger,irration,or bitterness(with the suggestion that the pain grows worse 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,noot showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain |
| unflagging | tireless,continuing with vigor |