Vocab 8
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Ruby_Freeman on November 12, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abut | (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up |
| attire | (n.) clothes, apparel, garb (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck |
| avail | (v.) to be of use or beneit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to benefit or profit (n.) use, benefit or value |
| crony | (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy |
| cryptic | (adj.) puzzling,mystifying, or enigmatic |
| divergent | (adj.) going in different directions; diferent from each other; departing from convention, deviant |
| enmity | (n.) hatred, ill-will |
| fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot |
| gaunt | (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren |
| infiltrate | (v.) to pass thrugh or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily |
| nullify | (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out |
| perceptible | (adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| plummet | (v.) to plunge straight down (n.) a weight fastened to a line |
| proclaim | (v.) to declare publicly or officially |
| proxy | (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place |
| rankle | (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness |
| scavenger | (n.) a person who collects or removes usuable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| stint | (v.) to limit, bsaring or frugal (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work r duty; a period of activity |
| stocial | (adj.) self-controlled not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain |
| unflagging | (v.) tireless, continuing with vigor |
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