Vocab 8

avail

(n.) Use, benefit, or advantage; (v.) To be of use, value or advantage, to help

rankle

(v.) To produce irritation or bitter resentment; To irritate

divergent

(adj.) Approaching different directions; Moving apart

gaunt

(adj.) Extremely thin and bony; Bleak, desolate and barren

fervent

(adj.) Having or showing great intensity of feeling; Passionate

perceptible

(adj.) Noticeable; Observable; Capable of being grasped

stoical

(adj.) Seemingly unaffected by pleasure or pain; Unemotional; Impassive

unflagging

(adj.) Tireless, continuing with vigor; Showing sustained enthusiasm

stint

(n.) A period of time spent doing something; (v.) To restrict or limit an amount or allowance, to be frugal

scavenger

(n.) A person who searches through and collects items from discarded material or trash

crony

(n.) A very close friend, chum, pal or buddy

enmity

(n.) Absolute hatred; Malice or ill-will

attire

(n.) Clothing, apparel, or garb; (v.) To dress

plummet

(n.) Something that weighs down or oppresses, a burden; (v.) To fall or plunge sharply

proxy

(n.) a person who is given the authority to act or stand in for another

abut

(v.) To be adjacent; To touch or join at the edge or border; To neighbor

proclaim

(v.) To declare publicly, insistently, proudly or defiantly either in speech or in writing

nullify

(v.) To make useless; To invalidate; To cancel

infiltrate

(v.) To move into secretly and gradually, esp. with hostile intent; To penetrate

cryptic

(adj.) Difficult to comprehend; Having hidden meaning; Secret and mysterious