Vocabulary Unit 8

Front 1

(v.)to join at one end or be next to, to support, prop up

Back 1

abut

Front 2

(n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck

Back 2

attire

Front 3

(v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value

Back 3

avail

Front 4

(n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

Back 4

crony

Front 5

(adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Back 5

cryptic

Front 6

(adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant

Back 6

divergent

Front 7

(n.) hatred, ill will

Back 7

enmity

Front 8

(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hott

Back 8

fervent

Front 9

(adj.) thin, and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

Back 9

gaunt

Front 10

(v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthilly

Back 10

infiltrate

Front 11

(v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

Back 11

nullify

Front 12

(adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

Back 12

perceptible

Front 13

(v.) to plnge straight down;(n.) a weight fastened to a line

Back 13

plummet

Front 14

(v.) to declare publicly or officially

Back 14

proclaim

Front 15

(n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in anothers place

Back 15

proxy

Front 16

(v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness( with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

Back 16

rankle

Front 17

(n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

Back 17

scavenger

Front 18

(v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity

Back 18

stint

Front 19

(adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

Back 19

stoical

Front 20

(v.) tireless, continuing with vigor

Back 20

unflagging