Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Question 0

Attire

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Abut

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Avail

Answer 2

(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

Question 3

Crony

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Cryptic

Answer 4

(adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Question 5

Divergent

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Enmity

Answer 6

(n.) hatred, ill-will

Question 7

Fervent

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Gaunt

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Infiltrate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Nullify

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Perceptible

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Plummet

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Proclaim

Answer 13

(v.) to declare publicly or officially

Question 14

Proxy

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Rankle

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Scavenger

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Stint

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Stoical

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Unflagging

Answer 19

(v.) tireless, continuing with vigor