Vocabulary Unit 8
abut
To join at one end
attire
clothes
avail
To be of benefit
To make use of
crony
A very close friend
cryptic
puzzling
divergent
Doing in different directions
enmity
Hatred, ill-will
fervent
• Emotional
• Very earnest
gaunt
• Thin and bony
• Starved
infiltrate
• To gain entrance gradually or stealthily
nullify
• To make of no value
perceptible
• Capable of being grasped by the senses
plummet
• To plunge straight down
proclaim
To declare openly
proxy
• A substitute
rankle
• To cause anger
scavenger
• An animal who feeds on refuse or dead bodies
stint
• a period of activity
stoical
Self-controlled
Not showing pleasure or pain
unflagging
• Tireless
• With continued vigor