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Sadlier C
Unit 8
Word | definition | synonyms | antonyms |
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Abut | v.to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up | border on, bolster | (blank) |
attire | n. clothes, apparel, garb | clothing | (blank) |
attire | v. to dress, adorn, or bedeck | (blank) | (blank) |
avail | v.to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit | (blank) | (blank) |
avail | n. use, benefit, or value | (blank) | (blank) |
crony | n. a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy | (blank) | ant: enemy, rival |
cryptic | adj. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic | (blank) | ant: crystal clear, unambiguous |
divergent | adj. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant | not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional | ant: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional |
enmity | n. hatred, ill-will | syn: hostility, animosity, antagonism | ant: friendship, amity |
fervent | adj. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot | syn: enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching | ant: blase, apathetic,restrained, emotionless |
gaunt | adj. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren | lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones | ant: plump, chubby, stout, corpulent |
infiltrate | v. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily | slip into, creep into, penetrate | (blank) |
nullify | v. to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out | invalidate, annul | (blank) |
perceptible | adj. capable of bein grasped by the senses or mind | noticeable, discernalbe, observable | ant: invisible, unnoticeable, indescernible |
plummet | v. to plunge straight down | take a nosedive | ant: soar, skyrocket |
plummet | n. a weight fastened to a line | (blank) | (blank) |
proclaim | v.to declare publicly or officially | announce, promulgate | ant: conceal, cover up |
proxy | n. an agent, substituet; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place | deputy, representative | (blank) |
rankle | v. to cause anger, irritation | irritate,vex, nettle, irk, gall | ant: please, delight, gratify |
scavenger | n. a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies | rummager | (blank) |
stint | v. to limit, be sparing or frugal | restrict, scrimp, economize | ant: splurge, squander, lavish |
stint | n. a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity | (blank) | (blank) |
stoical | adj. self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain | unresponsive, impassive | ant: excitable, emotional, hotheaded |
unflagging | v.tireless,continuing with vigor | steady, undiminished, unremitting | ant: diminishing, drooping, sagging |