Unit 8

Question 1

Abut

Answer 1

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

Synonyms: border on, bolster

Question 2

Attire

Answer 2

(n) clothes, apparel, garb
(v) to dress, addorn, or bedeck

Synonym: (n) clothing

Question 3

Avail

Answer 3

(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 4

Crony

Answer 4

(n) a very close friend, chum, buddy

Antonyms: adversary, rival

Question 5

Cryptic

Answer 5

(adj) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Antonyms: crystal clear, unambiguous

Question 6

Divergent

Answer 6

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

Synonyms: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
Antonyms: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional

Question 7

Enmity

Answer 7

(n) hatred, ill-will

Synonyms: hostility, animosity
Antonyms: friendship, amity

Question 8

Fervent

Answer 8

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

Synonyms: enthusiastic, burning, blazing, scorching
Antonyms: blase, apathetic, restrained, emotionless

Question 9

Gaunt

Answer 9

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

Synonyms: lean, lanky, all skin and bones
Antonyms: plump, stout, corpulent

Question 10

Infiltrate

Answer 10

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

Synonyms: slip into, creep into, penetrate

Question 11

Nullify

Answer 11

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

Synonyms: invalidate, annul
Antonyms: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction

Question 12

Perceptible

Answer 12

(adj) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

Synonyms: noticeable, discernible, observable
Antonyms: invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible

Question 13

Plummet

Answer 13

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

Synonyms: (v) take a nosedive
Antonyms: (v) soar; skyrocket

Question 14

Proclaim

Answer 14

(v) to declare publicly or officially

Synonyms: announce, promulgate
Antonyms: conceal, cover up

Question 15

Proxy

Answer 15

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

Synonyms: deputy

Question 16

Rankle

Answer 16

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

Synonyms: irritate, vex, nettle, irk
Antonyms: please, gratify

Question 17

Scavenger

Answer 17

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

Synonym: rummager

Question 18

Stint

Answer 18

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

Synonyms: (v) restrict, scrimp, economize
Antonyms: (v) splurge, squander, lavish

Question 19

Stoical

Answer 19

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

Synonyms: unresponsive, impassive
Antonyms: excitable, emotional, hotheaded

Question 20

Unflagging

Answer 20

(adj) tireless, continuing with vigor

Synonyms: steady, undiminished, unremitting
Antonyms: diminishing, drooping, sagging