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Vocabulary unit 8
Vocabulary book unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| be next to, border on | abut |
| clothes, or to dress | attire |
| use, benefit or value | avail |
| a very close friend, buddy | crony |
| puzzling, mystifying | cryptic |
| going in different directions | divergent |
| hatred, ill-will | enmity |
| enthusiastic, emotional | fervent |
| thin & bony, starved looking, lean | gaunt |
| to pass through or gain entrance gradually or stealthily | infiltrate |
| to make of no value, cancel, annul | nullify |
| noticeable, observable | perceptible |
| to plunge straight down | plummet |
| to declare publicly, announce | proclaim |
| a substitute or written permission allowing one person to act in another's place | proxy |
| to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness | rankle |
| a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials | scavenger |
| to be frugal(v) or a limit/restriction(n) | stint |
| not showing feeling | stoical |
| tireless, steady, undiminished | unflagging |