Ela UNIT 2 Flashcards
Antics
(noun.pl)ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
Synonym:pranks
Avowed
(adj., part.) declared openly and without Shane, acknowledged
Synonym:admitted
banter
(verb) to exchange playful remarks, tease;
Banter
(Noun) Talk that is playful and teasing
Synonym:chitchat 
Bountiful
(adj) Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
Synonym:copious
congested
(adj., part.) Overcrowded, filled her occupied to excess
Synonym:jammed
detriment
(Noun) Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
Synonym:hindrance
durable
(adj)Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time;
Synonym:enduring
durable
(N.pl.)Consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
Enterprising
(Adj)Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
Synonym:vigorous
Frugal
(Adj)Economical, avoiding waist and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
Synonym:thrifty
Gingerly
(Adj., adv.)With extreme care or caution
Synonym:warily
Glut
(Verb)To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing
Synonym:flood
Glut
(Noun)An over supply
Synonym:plethora
Incognito
(Adj.,adv.)Do you need disguise the state, under an assumed name or identity
Incognito
(N) The state of being disguised; a person in disguise
Invalidate
(V) To make valueless, take away all force or effort
synonym: disapprove
Legendary
(Adj) Described in well-known stories; existing an old stories rather than in real life
Synonym:fabulous
Maim
(V) To cripple, disable, injured, mar, disfigure, mutilate
Minimize
(V). To make a small as possible, make the least of: going to make smaller than before
Synonym:downplay
Oblique
(Adj)Slanting or sloping; not straight forward or direct
Synonym:diagonal
Veer
(V)To change direction of course suddenly, turn aside, shift
Venerate
(V). To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
synonym: worship
Wanton
(Adj) Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals
Synonym:rash
