Unit 8 Vocab Set A (Level C)

thin and bony, starved looking

• abut

• stoical

• gaunt

• nullify

an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

• crony

• scavenger

• plummet

• rankle

a very close friend, buddy

• rankle

• abut

• gaunt

• crony

clothes; to dress or adorn

• plummet

• attire

• scavenger

• divergent

to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line

• crony

• abut

• plummet

• stoical

going in different directions; departing from convention, deviant

• nullify

• divergent

• rankle

• stoical

not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

• stoical

• scavenger

• rankle

• nullify

to join at one end or be next to

• divergent

• abut

• gaunt

• plummet

to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness

• rankle

• nullify

• gaunt

• crony

to cancel or wipe out

• nullify

• rankle

• abut

• plummet