| Term | Defintion |
| abut | (v.) to join at one end or be next; to support, prop up |
| attire | (n.) clothes apparel, garb: (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck |
| avail | (v.) to be of use or benefit to: to make use off: to take advantage of: to profit or benefit: (n.) use, benefit, or value |
| crony | (n.) very close friend, pal, chum, buddy |
| cryptic | (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic |
| divergent | (adj.) going in different directions: different from each other: departing from convention, deviant |
| enmity | (n.) hatred, ill-will |
| fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot |
| gaunt | (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren |
| infiltrate | (v.) pass through or gain entrance to graduallly or stealthily |
| nullify | (v.) make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out |
| perceptible | (adj.) Capable of being grasped by the senses or the mind |
| plummet | (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) weight fastened to a line |
| proclaim | (v.) declare publicly or officially |
| proxy | (n.) agent, substitute; written permission allowing one person to act in another's place |
| rankle | (v.) cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (w/ the suggestion that the pain grows worse w/ time) |
| scavenger | (n.) person who collects or remove usable items from the waste materials; animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies |
| stint | (v.) limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; fixed share of wock of duty; period of activity |
| stoical | (adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain |
| unflagging | (v.)tireless, continuing w/ vigor |
