Unit 8

Question 1

Abut

Answer 1

To join at one end or be next to or to support

Question 2

Attire(n)

Answer 2

Clothing or apparel

Question 3

Attire(v)

Answer 3

To dress

Question 4

Avail(v)

Answer 4

To be of use or a benefit to or to take advantage of

Question 5

Avail(n)

Answer 5

Use, benefit or value

Question 6

Crony

Answer 6

A close friend that you’re usually up to no good with

Question 7

Cryptic

Answer 7

Puzzling

Question 8

Divergent

Answer 8

Going in different directions or different from each other

Question 9

Enmity

Answer 9

Hatred or ill will

Question 10

Fervent

Answer 10

Very earnest emotional and passionate or extremely hot

Question 11

Gaunt

Answer 11

Thin and bony, starved looking, and bare

Question 12

Infiltrate

Answer 12

To pass through or gain entrance to

Question 13

Nullify

Answer 13

To make of no value or cancel

Question 14

Perceptible

Answer 14

Capable of being grass by the senses or mind

Question 15

Plummet(v)

Answer 15

To plunge straight down

Question 16

Plummet(n)

Answer 16

A weight fastened to a line

Question 17

Proclaim

Answer 17

To declare publicly or officially

Question 18

Proxy

Answer 18

A substitute or written permission allowing a person to act in another’s place

Question 19

Rankle

Answer 19

To cause anger or irritation with the suggestion that pain grows worse with time

Question 20

Scavenger

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Stint(v)

Answer 21

To limit or be sparing

Question 22

Stint(n)

Answer 22

A limit or restriction or a fixed share of duty or a period of activity

Question 23

Stoical

Answer 23

Not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

Question 24

Unflagging

Answer 24

Tireless