English 8: Vocab Unit 9

in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong

• dire

• awry

• penal

fame, glory

• endow

• impunity

• renown

a short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club

• bludgeon

• recluse

• mien

something wonderful or marvelous; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent

• apt

• prodigy

• predominant

to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction

• encroach

• defile

• chafe

related to the matter at hand, to the point

• pertinent

• capitulate

• penal

dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come

• recluse

• disgruntled

• dire

freedom from punishment

• renown

• impunity

• recluse

to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

• encroach

• recluse

• endow

to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

• apt

• fend

• endow