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