Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Antics

Answer 1

(n. pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Question 2

Avowed

Answer 2

(adj., part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Question 3

Banter

Answer 3

(v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing

Question 4

Bountiful

Answer 4

(adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

Question 5

Congested

Answer 5

(adj., part) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

Question 6

Detriment

Answer 6

(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

Question 7

Durable

Answer 7

(adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n.pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years

Question 8

Enterprising

Answer 8

(adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

Question 9

Frugal

Answer 9

(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scantly, poor, meager

Question 10

Gingerly

Answer 10

(adj., adv.) with extreme care or caution

Question 11

Glut

Answer 11

(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply

Question 12

Incognito

Answer 12

(adj.,adv) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise

Question 13

Invalidate

Answer 13

(v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect

Question 14

Legendary

Answer 14

(adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life

Question 15

Maim

Answer 15

(v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Question 16

Minimize

Answer 16

(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before

Question 17

Oblique

Answer 17

(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Question 18

Veer

Answer 18

(v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift

Question 19

Venerate

Answer 19

(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Question 20

Wanton

Answer 20

(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable, loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals