Level C Unit 8 short defs

What is the definition of 'attire'?

• clothes, apparel, garb

• to dress, adorn, or bedeck

• A type of appealing dance

How would you describe something as 'cryptic'?

• puzzling

• mystifying

• enigmatic

• Obvious

What does 'divergent' mean?

• going in different directions

• different from each other

• departing from convention

• deviant

How would you describe something as 'fervent'?

• very earnest

• emotional

• passionate

• extremely hot

What does 'gaunt' mean?

• thin and bony

• starved looking

• bare

• barren

What does it mean to 'nullify' something?

• to make of no value or consequence

• cancel

• wipe out

What is a 'plummet'?

What is a 'proxy'?

• an agent

• substitute

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

What does it mean to 'rankle' someone?

• to cause anger

• irritation

• bitterness

Who is a 'scavenger'?

• a person who collects

• removes usable items from waste materials

• an animal that feeds

• refuse

• dead bodies