Unit Eight Flashcards

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to join at one end or be next to

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abut

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2
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to support, prop up

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abut

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3
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clothes, apparel, garb

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attire

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4
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to dress, adorn, or bedeck

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attire

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5
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to be of use of benefit to

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avail

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6
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to make use of

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avail

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7
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to take advantage of

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avail

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8
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to profit or benefit

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avail

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9
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use, benefit, or value

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avail

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10
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a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

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crony

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11
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puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

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cryptic

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12
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going in a different direct

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divergent

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13
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different from each other

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divergent

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14
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departing from convention, deviant

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divergent

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15
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hatred, ill will

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enmity

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16
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vert earnest, emotional, passionate

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fervent

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17
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extremely hot

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fervent

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18
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thin bony, starved looking

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gaunt

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19
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bare, barren

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gaunt

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20
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to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

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infiltrate

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21
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to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

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nullify

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22
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capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

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perceptible

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23
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to plunge straight down

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plummet

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24
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a weight fastened to a line

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plummet

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to declare publicly or officially
proclaim
26
an agent, substitute
proxy
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a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
proxy
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to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse each time)
rankle
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a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials
scavenger
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an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
scavenger
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to limit, be sparing or frugal
stint
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a limit or restriction
stint
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a fixed share of work or duty
stint
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a period of activity
stint
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self controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
stoical
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tireless, continuing with vigor
unflagging
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s for abut
border on, bolster
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s for attire
clothing
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s for divergent
not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
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s for enmity
hostility, animosity, antagonism
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s for fervent
enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching
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s for gaunt
lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones
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s for infiltrate
slip into, creep into, penetrate
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s for nullify
invalidate, annul
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s for perceptible
noticeable, discernible, observable
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s for plummet
take a nosedive
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s for proclaim
announce, promulgate
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s for proxy
deputy, representative
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s for rankle
irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall
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s for scavenger
rummager
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s for stint
restrict, scrimp, economize
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s for stoical
unresponsive, impassive
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s for unflagging
steady, undiminished, unremitting
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A for crony
Enemy, rival
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A for cryptic
Crystal clear, ambiguous
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A for divergent
merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional
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A for enmity
Friendship, amity
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A for fervent
blasé, apathetic, restrained, emotionless
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A for gaunt
Plump, chubby, stout, corpulent
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A for nullify
Confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction
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A for perceptible
Invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible
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A for plummet
Soar, skyrocket
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A for proclaim
Conceal, cover up
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A for rankle
Please, delight, gratify
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A for stint
Splurge, squander, lavish
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A for stoical
Excitable, emotional, hotheaded
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A for unflagging
Diminishing, drooping, sagging