Unit 8 Vocab

(N) clothes, apparel, garb; (V) to dress, adorn, or bedeck

Syn: (N) clothing

• infiltrate

• abut

• attire

• nullify

(N) a very close friend, chum, buddy

Ant: adeversary, rival

• crony

• avail

• plummet

• fervent

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

Syn: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, uncoventional

Ant: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional

• perceptible

• enmity

• gaunt

• divergent

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

Syn: enthusiastic, burning, blazing, scorching

Ant: blase, apathetic, restrained, emotionless

• abut

• fervent

• nullify

• enmity

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

Syn: slip into, creep into, penetrate

• cryptic

• nullify

• infiltrate

• stoical

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

Syn: noticeable, descernible, observable

Ant: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction

• stint

• proxy

• plummet

• perceptible

(V) to declare publicly or officially

Syn: announce, promulgate

Ant: conceal, cover up

• unflagging

• stoical

• proclaim

• scavenger

(V) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness

Syn: irritate, vex, nettle, irk

Ant: please, gratify

• abut

• rankle

• stint

• proxy

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

Syn: (V) restrict, scrimp, economize

Ant: (V) splurge, squander, lavish

• stint

• stoical

• scavenger

• proxy

(ADJ) tireless, continuing with vigor

Syn: steady, undimished, unremitting

Ant: diminishing, drooping, sagging

• enmity

• unflagging

• stint

• abut