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Unit Two Flashcards

1
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declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

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Avowed

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2
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to exchange playful remarks, tease

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Banter

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giving freely, generous

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Bountiful

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4
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overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

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Congested

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5
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harm or loss

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Detriment

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sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed

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Durable

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energetic, willing and able to start something new

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Enterprising

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talk that is playful and teasing

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Banter

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plentiful, given abundantly

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Bountiful

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injury, damage

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Detriment

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a disadvantage

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Detriment

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12
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a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

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Detriment

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lasting for a long time

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Durable

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14
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consumer good used repeatedly over a series of years

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Durable

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15
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showing boldness and imagination

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Enterprising

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16
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ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

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Antics

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17
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economical, avoiding waste and luxury

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Frugal

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Scanty, poor, meager

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Frugal

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19
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With extreme care or caution

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Gingerly

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20
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to provide more than is needed or wanted

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Glut

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21
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To feed or fill to the point of overstuffing

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Glut

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22
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An oversupply

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Glut

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23
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in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity

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Incognito

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24
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The state of being disguised

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Incognito

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A person in disguise

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Incognito

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26
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to make valueless, take away all force or effect

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Invalidate

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27
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Described in well known stories

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Legendary

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Existing in old stories rather than real life

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Legendary

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

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Maim

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30
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to make as small as possible, make the least of

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Minimize

31
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To make smaller than before

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Minimize

32
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Slanting or sloping

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Oblique

33
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Not straightforward or direct

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Oblique

34
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to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

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Veer

35
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to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

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Venerate

36
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Reckless

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Wanton

37
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Heartless, unjustifiable

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Wanton

38
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Loose in morals

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Wanton

39
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A spoiled, pampered person

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Wanton

40
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One with low morals

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Wanton

41
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s for antics

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pranks, shenanigans

42
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s for avowed

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admitted, sworn

43
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s for banter

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joking, raillery

44
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s for bountiful

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liberal, abundant, copious

45
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s for congested

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jammed, packed, choked

46
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s for detriment

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hindrance, liability

47
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s for durable

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longlasting, enduring

48
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s for enterprising

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vigorous, ambitious, aggressive, audacious

49
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s for frugal

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thrifty, skimpy

50
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s for gingerly

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cautiously, warily

51
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s for glut

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flood, inundate, surplus, plethora

52
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s for invalidate

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cancel, annul, disapprove, discredit

53
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s for legendary

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mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated

54
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s for minimize

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belittle, downplay, underrate

55
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s for oblique

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diagonal, indirect

56
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s for venerate

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worship, revere, idolize

57
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s for wanton

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rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked

58
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a for avowed

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unacknowledged, undisclosed

59
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a for banter

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serious talk

60
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a for bountiful

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scarce, scanty, in short supply

61
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a for congested

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uncluttered, unimpended

62
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a for detriment

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advantage, plus, help

63
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a for durable

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fragile, perishable, fleeting, ephemeral

64
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a for enterprising

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lazy, indolent, timid, diffident

65
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a for frugal

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wasteful, improvident, lavish, extravagant

66
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a for gingerly

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firmly, confidently, aggressively

67
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a for glut

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shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity

68
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a for incognito

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undisguised

69
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a for invalidate

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support, confirm, back up, legalize

70
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a for minimize

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magnify, enlarge, exaggerate

71
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a for oblique

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direct,straight to the point

72
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a for venerate

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despise, detest, ridicule, deride

73
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a for wanton

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justified, morally strict, responsible

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