Book C Lesson 2

Question 0

Avowed

Answer 0

(Adj.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Question 1

Antics

Answer 1

(n. pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Question 2

Banter

Answer 2

(V.) to exchange playful remarks, tease

(N.) talk that is playful and teasing

Question 3

Bountiful

Answer 3

(Adj.) giving freely, generous, plentiful, given abundantly

Question 4

Congested

Answer 4

(Adj.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

Question 5

Detriment

Answer 5

(N.) harm or loss, injury, damage, a disadvantage, a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

Question 6

Durable

Answer 6

(Adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed, lashing for a long time
(N. Pl.) consumer goods, used repeatedly over a series of years

Question 7

Enterprising

Answer 7

(Adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new, showing boldness and imagination

Question 8

Frugal

Answer 8

(Adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury, scanty, poor, meager

Question 9

Gingerly

Answer 9

(Adj., adv.) with extreme care or caution

Question 10

Glut

Answer 10

(V.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
(N.) an oversupply

Question 11

Incognito

Answer 11

(Adj., adv.) in disguised state, under an assumed name or identity
(N.) the state of being disguised, a person in disguised

Question 12

Invalidate

Answer 12

(V.) to make valueless, take away all force of effect

Question 13

Legendary

Answer 13

(Adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life

Question 14

Maim

Answer 14

(V.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Question 15

Minimize

Answer 15

(V.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before

Question 16

Oblique

Answer 16

(Adj.) slanting or slopping, not straightforward or direct

Question 17

Veer

Answer 17

(V.) to change direction of course suddenly, turn aside, shift

Question 18

Venerate

Answer 18

(V.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Question 19

Wanton

Answer 19

(Adj.) reckless, heartless, unjustifiable, loose in morals

(N.) a spoiled, pampered person, one with low morals