Vocab Unit 8 Set A and B

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Abut

Question 2

Clothes, apparel, grab; (V) to dress, adorn, or bedeck

Answer 2

Attire

Question 3

A very close friend, chum, buddy

Answer 3

Crony

Question 4

Going in different direction; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant

Answer 4

Divergent

Question 5

Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

Answer 5

Gaunt

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Nullify

Question 7

To plunge straight down; (n) a weight fastened to a line

Answer 7

Plummet

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Rankle

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Scavenger

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Stoical

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Avail

Question 12

Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Answer 12

Cryptic

Question 13

Hatred, ill-will

Answer 13

Enmity

Question 14

Very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

Answer 14

Fervent

Question 15

To pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

Answer 15

Infiltrate

Question 16

Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

Answer 16

Perceptible

Question 17

To declare publicly or officially

Answer 17

Proclaim

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Proxy

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Stint

Question 20

Tireless, continuing with vigor

Answer 20

Unflagging