Ch. 8 Vocab
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abut | To join one end to another; be next to; support |
| Attire | clothes, apparel; dress |
| Avail | to be of use or benefit to; take advantage of |
| Crony | very close friend, pal, chum, buddy |
| Cryptic | puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic |
| Divergent | going in different directions; deviant |
| Enmity | hatred, ill-will |
| Fervent | Very earnest, emotional, passionate |
| Gaunt | Thin and bony, starved looking, bare |
| Infiltrate | to pass through gain entrance |
| Nullify | to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out |
| Perceptible | capable of being grasped by the sense of mind |
| Plummet | to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line |
| Proclaim | To declare publicly or officially |
| proxy | An agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in an others place |
| Rankle | To cause anger, irritation, or bitterness |
| Scavenger | A person who collects or removes usable items from waste minerals; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| Stint | to limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty |
| Stoical | self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain |
| unflagging | tireless; continuing with vigor |
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