7th grade vocab 2 Flashcards
avowed
- declared openly and without shame;
- acknowledged
antics
ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
banter
- to exchange playful remarks, tease
- talk that is playful and teasing
bountiful
giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
congested
overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
detriment
- harm or loss; injury, damage;
- a disadvantage
- a cause of harm, injury, loss or damage
durable
- sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed
- lasting for a long time
- consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
enterprising
- energetic, willing and able to start something new
- showing boldness and imagination
frugal
- economical, avoiding waste and luxury
- scanty, poor, meager
gingerly
with extreme care or caution
glut
- to provide more than is needed or wanted
- too feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
- an oversupply
incognito
- the disguised state, under an assumed name or identity
- the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
invalidate
to make valueless, take away all force or effect
legendary
- described in well-known stories
- existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
maim
to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
minimize
- to make as small as possible; to make the least of
- to make smaller than before
oblique
slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
veer
- to change direction or course suddenly
- turn aside, shift
venerate
to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
wanton
- reckless, heartless, unustifiable
- loose morals
- spoiled, pampered person
- one with low morals
syn: rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked
wanton
syn: worship, revere, idolize
venerate
syn: diagonal, indirect
oblique
syn: belittle, downplay
minimize
syn: mythical, fabulous, famous
legendary
syn: cancel, annul, disapprove, discredit
invalidate
ant: justified, morally strict, reponsible
wanton
ant: despise, detest, ridicule, deride
venerate
ant: direct, straight to the point
oblique
ant: magnify, enlarge, exaggerate
minimize