Unit 2 Flashcards
Antics ( N pl)
Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
Avowed (adj)
Declared openly and without shame, acknowledge
Banter (v)
To exchange playful remarks, tease
Banter (n)
Talk that is playful and teasing
Bountiful (adj)
Giving freely, generous,plentiful, giving abundantly
Congested (adj)
Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
Detriment
(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause,
harm, injury, loss, or damage
Durable
(adj.) Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed, lasting for a
long time: (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
Durable
((n. p.) consumer goods used repeatedly over
series of years
Frugal
(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty.
poor, meager
Gingerly
(adj., adv.) with extreme care or cautión
Glut
v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
Glut
(n.) an oversupply
Incognito
(Ag.)in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; the state of being disguised; a person
in disquise
Invalidate
(v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
Legendary
adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
Maim
v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
Minimize
(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
Veer
v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve
Oblique
adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
Wanton
(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals;
Venerate
v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
