Unit 2 Flashcards
Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions (n. Pl.)
Antics SYN: Shenaigans
Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged (adj., part.)
Avowed SYN: Admitted
To exchange playful remarks, tease (v.)
Banter
Talk that is playful and teasing (n.)
Banter SYN: Chitchat
Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly (adj.)
Bountiful SYN: Abundant
Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess (adj. part.)
Congested SYN: Jammed
Harm or loss;injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage (n.)
Detriment SYN: Liability
Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time (adj.)
Durable SYN: Enduring
Consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years (n. Pl.)
Durable
Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination (adj.)
Enterprising SYN: Audacious
Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager (adj.)
Frugal SYN: Thrifty
With extreme care or caution (adj.)
Gingerly SYN: Cautiously
To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing (v.)
Gult SYN: Inundate
An overstuffing (n.)
Gult SYN: Surplus
In a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity (adj. adv.)
Incognito
The state of being disguised; a person in disguise (n.)
Incognito
To make valueless, take away all force or effect (v.)
Invalidate SYN: Cancel
Described in well-known stories; existing in old stories rather than in real life (adj.)
Legendary SYN: Mythical
To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate (v.)
Maim
To make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before (v.)
Minimize SYN: Downplay
Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct (adj.)
Oblique SYN: Diagonal
To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift (v.)
Veer
To regard with reference, look up to with great respect (v.)
Venerate SYN: Worship
Reckless; heartless; unjustifiable; loose in morals (adj.)
Wanton SYN: Unprovoked
A spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals (n.)
Wanton
