abut - (v.) to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
Synonyms: border on, bolster
attire - (n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck
Synonym: clothing
avail - (v.) to be of use or benefit to: to make use of; to take advantage of ; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value
crony - (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
Antonyms: enemy, rival
cryptic - (adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
Antonyms: crystal clear, unambiguous
divergent - (adj.) going in different direction; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
Synonyms: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
Antonyms: merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional
enmity - (n.) hatred, ill-will
Synonyms: hostility, animosity, antagonism
Antonyms: friendship, amity
fervent - (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching
Antonyms: blasé, apathetic, restrained, emotionless
gaunt - (adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
Synonyms: lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones
Antonyms: plump, chubby, stout, corpulent
infiltrate - (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
Synonyms: slip into, creep into, penetrate
nullify - (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Synonyms: invalidate, annul
Antonyms: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction
perceptible - (adj.) capable or being grasped by the sense or mind
Synonyms: noticeable, discernible, observable
Antonyms: invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible
plummet - (v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
Synonym: (v.) take a nosedive
Antonyms: (v.) soar, skyrocket
proclaim - (v.) to declare publicly or officially
Synonyms: announce, promulgate
Antonyms: conceal, cover up
proxy - (n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
Synonyms: deputy, representative
rankle - (v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness ( with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
Synonyms: irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall
Antonyms: please, delight, gratify
scavenger - (n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feed on refuse or dead bodies
Synonym: rummager
stint - (v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
Synonyms: (v.) restrict, scrimp, economize
Antonyms: (v.) splurge, squander, lavish
stoical - (adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
Synonyms: unresponsive, impassive
Antonyms: excitable, emotional, hotheaded
unflagging - (adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor
Synonyms: steady, undimished, unremitting
Antonyms: diminishing, drooping, sagging