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vocab weeks 6-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Proxy | a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place. |
| Infiltrate | to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily. |
| Waver | to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show back firmness or dicision. |
| Cull | to pick out from others: select. |
| Anguish | great mental suffering, distress, or pain. |
| Bask | to be pleasent warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from. |
| Defect | an imperfection, flaw or blemish of some kind. |
| Finesse | delicate skill; tact and cleverness. |
| Flaunt | to wave flutter showily; to display i a conceited, offensive way. |
| Forthright | frank, direct, straightforward, |
| Genial | cordial, pleasantly cheerful warm. |
| Instill | to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken. |
| Repudiate | to reject as unfounded,false, or unjust. |
| Crony | a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy. |
| Divergent | going in different directions; different from each other. |
| Enmity | hatred, ill-will. |
| Charade | a readily percieved pretense, a travesty. |
| Gaunt | thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren. |
| Stocial | self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain. |
| Abashed | embarrased, ashamed, or nonplussed. |