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Vocabulary 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abut | (v)To join at one end or next to; to support, prop up. |
| Attire | (n)Clothes, apparel;(v)To dress or adorn. |
| Avail | (v)To be of use or benefit to; to make use of;(n)Use, benefit, or value. |
| Crony | (n)A very close friend, pal, chum. |
| Cryptic | (adj)Puzzling or mystifying. |
| Divergent | (adj)Going in different directions; differing from each other; departing from convention, deviant. |
| Enmity | (n)Hatred, ill-will. |
| Fervent | (adj)Very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot. |
| Gaunt | (adj)Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren. |
| Infiltrate | (v)To pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily. |
| Nullify | (v)To make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out. |
| Perceptible | (adj)Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind. |
| Plummet | (v)To plunge straight down;(n)A weight fastened to a line. |
| Proclaim | (v)To declare publicly or officially. |
| Proxy | (n)An agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place. |
| Rankle | (v)To cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse over time) |
| Scavenger | (n)A person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animals that feeds on refuse or dead bodies. |
| Stint | (v)To limit, be sparing or frugal;(n)A limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity. |
| Stoical | (adj)Self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain. |
| Unflagging | (adj)Tireless, continuing with vigor. |