Unit Eight

Question 1

to join at one end or be next to

Answer 1

abut

Question 2

to support, prop up

Answer 2

abut

Question 3

clothes, apparel, garb

Answer 3

attire

Question 4

to dress, adorn, or bedeck

Answer 4

attire

Question 5

to be of use of benefit to

Answer 5

avail

Question 6

to make use of

Answer 6

avail

Question 7

to take advantage of

Answer 7

avail

Question 8

to profit or benefit

Answer 8

avail

Question 9

use, benefit, or value

Answer 9

avail

Question 10

a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

Answer 10

crony

Question 11

puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Answer 11

cryptic

Question 12

going in a different direct

Answer 12

divergent

Question 13

different from each other

Answer 13

divergent

Question 14

departing from convention, deviant

Answer 14

divergent

Question 15

hatred, ill will

Answer 15

enmity

Question 16

vert earnest, emotional, passionate

Answer 16

fervent

Question 17

extremely hot

Answer 17

fervent

Question 18

thin bony, starved looking

Answer 18

gaunt

Question 19

bare, barren

Answer 19

gaunt

Question 20

to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

Answer 20

infiltrate

Question 21

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

Answer 21

nullify

Question 22

capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

Answer 22

perceptible

Question 23

to plunge straight down

Answer 23

plummet

Question 24

a weight fastened to a line

Answer 24

plummet

Question 25

to declare publicly or officially

Answer 25

proclaim

Question 26

an agent, substitute

Answer 26

proxy

Question 27

a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place

Answer 27

proxy

Question 28

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

Answer 28

rankle

Question 29

a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials

Answer 29

scavenger

Question 30

an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

Answer 30

scavenger

Question 31

to limit, be sparing or frugal

Answer 31

stint

Question 32

a limit or restriction

Answer 32

stint

Question 33

a fixed share of work or duty

Answer 33

stint

Question 34

a period of activity

Answer 34

stint

Question 35

self controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

Answer 35

stoical

Question 36

tireless, continuing with vigor

Answer 36

unflagging

Question 37

s for abut

Answer 37

border on, bolster

Question 38

s for attire

Answer 38

clothing

Question 39

s for divergent

Answer 39

not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional

Question 40

s for enmity

Answer 40

hostility, animosity, antagonism

Question 41

s for fervent

Answer 41

enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching

Question 42

s for gaunt

Answer 42

lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones

Question 43

s for infiltrate

Answer 43

slip into, creep into, penetrate

Question 44

s for nullify

Answer 44

invalidate, annul

Question 45

s for perceptible

Answer 45

noticeable, discernible, observable

Question 46

s for plummet

Answer 46

take a nosedive

Question 47

s for proclaim

Answer 47

announce, promulgate

Question 48

s for proxy

Answer 48

deputy, representative

Question 49

s for rankle

Answer 49

irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall

Question 50

s for scavenger

Answer 50

rummager

Question 51

s for stint

Answer 51

restrict, scrimp, economize

Question 52

s for stoical

Answer 52

unresponsive, impassive

Question 53

s for unflagging

Answer 53

steady, undiminished, unremitting

Question 54

A for crony

Answer 54

Enemy, rival

Question 55

A for cryptic

Answer 55

Crystal clear, ambiguous

Question 56

A for divergent

Answer 56

merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional

Question 57

A for enmity

Answer 57

Friendship, amity

Question 58

A for fervent

Answer 58

blasé, apathetic, restrained, emotionless

Question 59

A for gaunt

Answer 59

Plump, chubby, stout, corpulent

Question 60

A for nullify

Answer 60

Confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction

Question 61

A for perceptible

Answer 61

Invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible

Question 62

A for plummet

Answer 62

Soar, skyrocket

Question 63

A for proclaim

Answer 63

Conceal, cover up

Question 64

A for rankle

Answer 64

Please, delight, gratify

Question 65

A for stint

Answer 65

Splurge, squander, lavish

Question 66

A for stoical

Answer 66

Excitable, emotional, hotheaded

Question 67

A for unflagging

Answer 67

Diminishing, drooping, sagging