ELA unit 2 Flashcards
Antics (n.,pl)
ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
Avowed (adj.,part.)
declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
Banter (v)
to exchange playful remarks
Banter (n)
Talk that is playful and teasing
Bountiful (adj)
Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
Congested (adj., part.)
Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
Detriment (n)
Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
Durable (adj)
Sturdy; not easily, worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time
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
Frugal (adj)
Economical, avoiding waste in luxury; scanty, poor, meager
Gingerly (adj., adv)
With extreme care or caution
Glut (v)
To provide more than is needed, or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing
Glut (n)
An oversupply
Incognito (adj.,adv)
In a disguise state, under an assumed name or identity
Incognito (n)
The state of being in disguise; a person in disguise
Invalidate (v)
To make valueless, take away all force or affect
Legendary (adj)
Describing well-known stories, existing old stories rather than in real
Maim (v)
, Disabled, injured, mar, disfigured, mutilate
Minimize (v)
To make a smallest possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
Oblique (adj)
Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
Veer (v)
To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift
Venerate (v)
To regard with reviewers, look up to with great respect
Wanton (adj)
Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose and morals
Wanton (n)
A spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals
