Vocab Unit 8
Terms
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- divergent
- going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
- stint
- to limit, be spareing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
- cryptic
- puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
- avail
- to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profiit or benefit; use, benefit, or value
- perceptible
- capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
- nullify
- to make of no value or consequence, cancle, wipe out
- attire
- clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck
- scavenger
- a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
- crony
- a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
- plummet
- to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line
- proxy
- an agent, subsitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
- unflagging
- tireless, continuing with vigor
- gaunt
- thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
- proclaim
- to declare publicly or officially
- infiltrate
- to pass through or gain enterance to gradually or stealthily
- fervent
- very earnest, emotional, passonate; extremly hot
- rankle
- to cause nger, irritation, or bitterness
- stoical
- self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
- enmity
- hatred, ill-will
- abut
- to join at one end or be next to; to suplport, prop up