Vocab 8 Quiz
enmity
(n.) Absolute hatred; Malice or ill-will
proxy
(n.) a person who is given the authority to act or stand in for another
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
stocial
(adj.) Seemingly unaffected by pleasure or pain; Unemotional; Impassive
unflagging
(adj.) Tireless, continuing with vigor; Showing sustained enthusiasm
crony
(n.) A close friend or companion
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
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
avail
(n.) Use, benefit, or advantage; (v.) To be of use, value or advantage, to help
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
rankle
(v.) To produce irritation or bitter resentment; To irritate
cryptic
j.) Difficult to comprehend; Having hidden meaning; Secret and mysterious
divergent
(adj.) Approaching different directions; Moving apart