Vocabulary Unit 8

4. an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
5. to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness
10. a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
12. tireless, continuing with vigor
13. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
15. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
18. to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
20. to limit, be sparing or frugal; a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity

1. to be use or benefit to; make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; use, benefit, or value
2. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
3. capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
6. clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck
7. a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
8. to declare publicly or officially
9. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
11. hatred, ill-will
14. very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
16. self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
17. to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line
19. to join at one end or to be next to; to support, prop up