Vocab Unit 8

Question 1

abut

Answer 1

verb
To join at one end or be next to
To support, prop up
Syn: border on, bolster

Question 2

attire

Answer 2

noun
Clothes, apparel, garb
verb
To dress, adorn, bedeck
Syn:  (n.) clothing

Question 3

avail

Answer 3

verb
To be of use or benefit to
To make use of
To take advantage of
To profit or benefit
noun
Use, benefit, or value

Question 4

crony

Answer 4

noun
A very close friend, chum, buddy
a close friend of someone, especially a friend of someone powerful (such as a politician) who is unfairly given special treatment or favors
Ant: adversary, rival

Question 5

cryptic

Answer 5

Adj.
Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
Ant: crystal clear, unambiguous

Question 6

divergent

Answer 6

Adj.
Going in different directions
Different from each other
Departing from orthodox ways, deviant
Syn: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
Ant: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional

Question 7

enmity

Answer 7

noun
Hatred, ill-will (wishing harm to come to someone else)
Syn: hostility, animosity
Ant: friendship, amity

Question 8

fervent

Answer 8

adjective
Very earnest (sincere), emotional, passionate
Extremely hot
Syn: enthusiastic, burning, blazing, scorching
Ant: blasé, apathetic, restrained, emotionless

Question 9

gaunt

Answer 9

adjective
Thin and bony, starved-looking
Bare, barren
Syn: lean, lanky, all skin and bones
Ant: plump, stout, corpulent

Question 10

infiltrate

Answer 10

verb
To pass through or gain entrance to an area gradually or stealthily
Syn: slip into, creep into, penetrate

Question 11

nullify

Answer 11

verb
To make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Syn: invalidate, annul
Ant: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction

Question 12

perceptible

Answer 12

Adj.
Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
Syn: noticeable, discernible, observable
|Ant: invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible

Question 13

plummet

Answer 13

verb
To fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place
noun
A weight fastened to a line

Syn: (v.) plunge, take a nosedive
Ant: (v.) soar, skyrocket

Question 14

proclaim

Answer 14

verb
To declare publicly or officially
Syn: announce, promulgate
Ant: conceal, cover up

Question 15

proxy

Answer 15

noun
An agent, substitute, representative
A written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place
Syn: deputy

Question 16

rankle

Answer 16

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

Syn: irritate, vex, nettle, irk
Ant: please, gratify

Question 17

scavenger

Answer 17

noun
A person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials
An animal that feeds on the refuse of others or carcasses

Ant: conceited, pretentious, self-important

Question 18

stint

Answer 18

verb
To provide a limited amount (not enough) of something
To be sparing or frugal
noun
A limited or fixed period of time spent doing a job
Syn: (v.) restrict, scrimp, economize
Ant: (v.) splurge, squander, lavish

Question 19

stoical

Answer 19

Adj.
Self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

Syn: unresponsive, impassive
Ant: excitable, emotional, hotheaded

Question 20

unflagging

Answer 20

Adj.
Tireless, continuing with vigor (energy)

Syn: steady, undiminished, unremitting
Ant: diminishing, drooping, sagging