Unit 8 Flashcards

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Attire

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Clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck

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Abut

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To join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

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Avail

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To be use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; use, benefit, or value.

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Crony

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A very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

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Cryptic

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Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

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Divergent

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Going in different directions, different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant

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Enmity

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Hatred, ill-will

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Fervent

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Very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot

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Gaunt

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Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

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Infiltrate

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To pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

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Nullify

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To make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

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Percepitible

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Capable of being grasped by the mind or sense

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Plummet

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To plunge straight down

Weight fastened on a line

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Proclaim

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To declare publicity or officially

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Proxy

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An agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place

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Rankle

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To cause anger, irritation or bitterness ( with the suggestion that the main grows worse with time )

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Scavenger

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A person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials, an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

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Stint

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To limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction, a fixed share of work or duty a period of activity

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Stoical

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Self-controlled; not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

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Unflagging

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Tireless, continuing with vigor