Unit 8: Vocabulary Definitions 2

clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck

to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value

a very close friend, chum, buddy

puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

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

hatred, ill-will

very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line

to declare publicly or officially

an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place

to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time

a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity

self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

tireless, continuing with vigor