Unit 2 Definitions/Synonyms

Question 1

antics

Answer 1

ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions, pranks, shenanigans

Question 2

avowed

Answer 2

declared openly and without shame, agnowlegeded, admitted, sworn

Question 3

banter

Answer 3

to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and teasing, raillery, chitchat

Question 4

bountiful

Answer 4

giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly, liberal, abundant, copious

Question 5

congested

Answer 5

overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess, jammed, choked, packed

Question 6

detriment

Answer 6

harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage, hindrance, liability

Question 7

durable

Answer 7

sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time: consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years, long-lasting, enduring

Question 8

enterprising

Answer 8

energetic, willing and able to start something new;

showing boldness and imagination, vigorous, aggressive, audacious

Question 9

frugal

Answer 9

economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty,

poor, meager, thrifty, skimpy

Question 10

gingerly

Answer 10

with extreme care or caution, cautiously, warily, circumspectly

Question 11

glut

Answer 11

to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; an oversupply

Question 12

incognito

Answer 12

in a disguised state, under an assumed name or

identity; the state of being disguised; a person in disguise

Question 13

invalidate

Answer 13

to make valueless, take away all force or effect, cancel, annul, disapprove, discredit

Question 14

legendary

Answer 14

described in well-known stories; existing in old stories rather than in real life

Question 15

maim

Answer 15

to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Question 16

minimize

Answer 16

to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before; belittle, downplay

Question 17

oblique

Answer 17

slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct, diagonal, indirect

Question 18

veer

Answer 18

to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift,

Question 19

venerate

Answer 19

to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect, worship, revere, idolize

Question 20

wanton

Answer 20

reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; a

spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals; rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked