English Vocabulary C8

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Abut
(v.) to join at one end, border on
Attire
(n.) clothes, apparel; (v.) to dress or adorn
Avail
(v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; (n.) use, benefit, or value
Crony
(n.) a very close friend, pal, chum
Cryptic
(adj.) puzzling or mystifying
Divergent
(adj.) going in different directions; differing from each other
Enmity
(n.) hatred, ill-will
Fervent
(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate
Gaunt
(adj.) thin and bony, starved-looking; bare, barren
Infiltrate
(v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
Nullify
(v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Perceptible
(adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
Plummet
(v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
Proclaim
(v.) to declare publicly or officially
Proxy
(n.) an agent substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place