Vocabulary Unit 8 - Definitions (20 Words)

1. to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

• proxy

• abut

• divergent

• gaunt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

2. clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck

• rankle

• stoical

• nullify

• attire

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3. to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; use, benefit, or value

• infiltrate

• avail

• rankle

• fervent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

4. a very close friend, chum, buddy

• proxy

• enmity

• crony

• scavenger

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

5. puzzling, mystifying, enigmatic

• scavenger

• enmity

• cryptic

• perceptible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

6. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant

• divergent

• perceptible

• unflagging

• abut

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

7. hatred, ill-will

• proclaim

• nullify

• fervent

• enmity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

8. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

• perceptible

• fervent

• divergent

• proxy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

9. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

• fervent

• unflagging

• perceptible

• gaunt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

10. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

• nullify

• plummet

• infiltrate

• stint

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4