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chapter 9 hs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apt | suitable, fitting, likely |
| awry | in a turned or twisted position, wrong |
| bludgeon | a short club used as a weapon, to strike with a heavy club |
| capitulate | to end resistance, give up |
| chafe | to warm by rubbing, to be annoyed or disaticfied |
| defile | to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of |
| dire | dreadful, causing fear or suffering, warning of trouble to come |
| disarming | charming, tending to get rid of |
| disgruntled | in bad humor, discontenteted, annoyed |
| encroach | to advance beyond the usual or proper limits |
| endow | to firnish,equip, provide with funds or some desirable thing or quality |
| fend | to ward off |
| impunity | freedom for punishment |
| mien | air, manner, expression |
| penel | having to do with punishment |
| pertinent | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| predominant | the greatest in strength or power, most common |
| prodigy | something wonderful or marvelousrecluse |
| recluse | a person who leads a life shup up or withdrawn from the world |
| renown | fame,glory |