Unit 8 Vocab

n. hatred, ill-will

syn: hostility, animosity

ant: friendship, amity

• abut

• inflitrate

• enmity

• cryptic

v. to be of use or benefit to, to make use of, to take advantage of, to profit or benefit, n. use, benefit, or value

• nullify

• avail

• divergent

• fervent

adj. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

ant: crystal clear, unambiguous

• plummet

• cryptic

• crony

• gaunt

adj. thin and bony, starved looking, bare, barren

syn: lean, lanky, all skin and bones

ant: plump, stout, sorpulent

• attire

• gaunt

• nullify

• crony

v. to make of no value or consequence, cancle, wipe out

syn: invalidate, annul

ant: confirm, endorse, ratify

• avail

• divergent

• nullify

• plummet

n. a very close friend, chum, buddy

ant: adversary, rival

• gaunt

• crony

• divergent

• fervent

adj. very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot

syn: enthusiastic bruning, blazing

ant: apathetic, restrained, emotionless

• gaunt

• fervent

• infiltrate

• attire

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

syn: border on, bolster

• infiltrate

• abut

• cryptic

• divergent

v. to plunge straight down, n. a weight fastened to a line

syn: take a nosedive

ant: soar, skyrocket

• attire

• crony

• plummet

• gaunt

n. clothes, apparel, garb, v. to dress, adorn, or bedeck

syn: clothing

• fervent

• attire

• perceptible

• gaunt