Vocabulary Quiz: Abut, Attire, Crony, Divergent, Gaunt, Nullify, Plummet, Rankle

To join at one end or be next to

Emotional

Collecting or removing usable items from waste materials

To make of no value or consequence

Declaring publicly or officially

Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

abut = to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up attire = clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck cravat = a neckband, scarf, or tie worn as part of formal or professional attire stint = to limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty

gaunt = thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren fervent = very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot enmity = hatred, ill-will stoical = self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

plummet = to plunge straight down scavenger = a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies infiltrate = to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily proclaim = to declare publicly or officially

divergent = going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant cryptic = puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic unflagging = tireless, continuing with vigor perceptible = capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

nullify = to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out avail = to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; use, benefit, or value proxy = an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place rankle = to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

crony = a very close friend, chum, buddy stoical = self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain scavenger = a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies cryptic = puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic