chapter 8

attire

(n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress

stint

a period of time spent doing something to restrict or limit an amount or allowance to be frugal

abut

to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border; to neighbor

unflagging

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

perceptible

(adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

gaunt

(adj.) extremely thin and bony, bleak, bare, barren

enmity

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

avail

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

crony

(n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

proclaim

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

infilrate

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

plummet

(v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line

proxy

a person who is given the authority to act or stand in for another

scavenger

a person who searches through and collect items from discarded meterials.

cryptic

difficult to understand : having or seeming to have a hidden meaning; secret mysterious

fervent

having or showing great intensity of feeling; passionate

stoical

semming unaffected by pleasure or pain unemotional; impassive

nullify

to make useless; to invalidate; to cancel

rankle

to produce irritation to bitter resentment to irritate

divergent

(adj.) Approaching different directions; Moving apart