Vocab Test 1

fervent

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

Perceptibal

(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

divergent

(adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from conversation, deviant

gaunt

(adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

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

proxy

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

crony

(n.) a very close friend, or companion

enmity

(n.) hatred, ill-will, malice

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

avail

(v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or advantage

rankle

(v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

abut

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

cryptic

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