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Vocab: Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to join at the end or be next to; to support, prop up | Abut |
| clothes, appeal, grab; to dress, adorn, or bedeck | Attire |
| to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; ue, benefit, or value | Avail |
| a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy | Crony |
| puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic | Cryptic |
| going in different directions; different from eachother; departing from convention, deviant | Divergent |
| hatred, ill-will | Enmity |
| very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot | Fervent |
| thin and bony, starved lookin; bare, barren | Guant |
| to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily | Infiltrate |
| to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipeout | Nullify |
| capable of being grasped by the senses or mind | Perceptible |
| to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line | Plummet |
| to declare publicly or officially | Proclaim |
| an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to actin in another's place | Proxy |
| to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness | Rankle |
| a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feedson refuse or dead bodies | Scavenger |
| to limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity | Stint |
| self-controlled,not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain | Stoical |
| tireless, continuing with vigor | Unflagging |