Vocabulary Week 17

1. Vocabulary Week 17 Campagna

2. abut • Land that abuts a river or lake is considered a highly desirable location on which to build a summer home.

3. abut • V. to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

4. attire • The special attire that firefighters wear helps to protect them from flames and smoke. • The children happily attired their stuffed animals in holiday outfits and accessories.

5. attire • N. clothes, apparel, garb; v. to dress, adorn

6. avail • Be sure to avail yourself of all the services that the school library has to offer. • I tried repeatedly to contact my neighbor by phone, but to absolutely no avail.

7. avail • V. to be of use or benefit; n. use, benefit, or value

8. crony • We have been cronies ever since we met in the second grade.

9. crony • N. a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

10. cryptic • The letter to the editor was so cryptic that I couldn’t be certain what the writer had actually intended to say.

11. cryptic • Adj. puzzling, mystifying

12. merge • Driving down the road, I merged into the road less traveled.

13. merge • V. to combine to form a single entity

14. enmity • Despite a long, close, and tense match, the defeated player felt no enmity toward the new champion.

15. enmity • N. hatred, ill-will

16. fervent • The president delivered a fervent plea for tolerance and unity.

17. fervent • Adj. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

18. gaunt • We left food and water for the gaunt alley cat

19. gaunt Adj. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

20. infiltrate • Some of our men infiltrated the enemy’s camp and captured their leader.

21. infiltrate • V. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily