Unit 9 Level C Definitions

suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

• apt
• defile
• endow
• predominant

in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, gone sideways

• awry
• dire
• fend
• prodigy

a short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments

• bludgeon
• disarming
• impunity
• recluse

to end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

• capitulate
• disgruntled
• mien
• renown

to warm by rubbing, to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyed, annoy, irk

• chafe
• encroach
• pertinent
• specific

to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in single file

• defile
• endow
• predominant
• apt

dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; need immediate action to avoid disaster

• dire
• fend
• prodigy
• awry

charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

• disarming
• impunity
• recluse
• bludgeon

in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

• disgruntled
• mien
• renown
• capitulate

to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

• encroach
• pertinent
• specific
• chafe