Unit 2

Question 1

Antics (N.)

Answer 1

Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions.

Question 2

Avowed (Adj.)

Answer 2

Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Question 3

Banter (V.) or (N.)

Answer 3

1. ) To exchange playful remarks, tease

2. ) talk that is playful and teasing

Question 4

Bountiful (Adj.)

Answer 4

Giving freely, generous: plentiful, given abundantly

Question 5

Congested (Adj.)

Answer 5

Overcrowded, filed or occupied to excess.

Question 6

Detriment (N.)

Answer 6

Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage.

Question 7

Durable (Adj.) or (N.)

Answer 7

1. ) Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time
2. ) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years

Question 8

Enterprising (Adj.)

Answer 8

Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

Question 9

Frugal (Adj.)

Answer 9

Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager

Question 10

Gingerly (Adj., adv.)

Answer 10

With extreme care or caution

Question 11

Glut (V.) or (N.)

Answer 11

(V.) to provide more than is need or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing
(N.) an oversupply

Question 12

Incognito (Adj., Adv) or (N)

Answer 12

1. ) In a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity

2. ) The state of being disguised; a person in disguise

Question 13

Invalidate (V.)

Answer 13

To make a valueless, take away all force or effect

Question 14

Legendary (Adj.)

Answer 14

Described in well-known stories; existing in old stories feather than in real life.

Question 15

Maim (V.)

Answer 15

To cripple, Isabel, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Question 16

Minimize (V.)

Answer 16

To make a s small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before.

Question 17

Oblique (Adj.)

Answer 17

Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Question 18

Veer (V.)

Answer 18

To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift.

Question 19

Venerate (V.)

Answer 19

To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Question 20

Wanton (Adj.) or (N.)

Answer 20

1. ) Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals

2. ) A spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals