1. Vocabulary Week 8

2. crony
A very close friend, pal, chum, or buddy

3. enmity
Hatred; ill-willed

4. gaunt
Thin and bony, starved looking; bare

5. abut
To join at one end or be next to; to support

6. infiltrate
To pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

7. divergent
Going in different directions; different from each other

8. avail
To be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of

9. fervent
Very earnest; emotional, passionate

10. cryptic
Puzzling, mystifying

11. attire
Clothes, apparel; to dress

12. proxy
An agent; substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place

13. stoical
Self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

14. nullify
To make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

15. perceptible
Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

16. rankle
To cause anger, irritation or bitterness

17. scavenger
A person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

18. unflagging
Tireless, continuing with vigor

19. plummet
To plunge straight down

20. stint
To limit; be sparing or frugal/ limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty

21. proclaim
To declare publicly or officially