Vocab Unit 2-B

Question 1

ridiculous and unpredictable

(n. pl.)

Answer 1

avowed

Question 2

to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and tesing

(v.) & (n.)

Answer 2

banter

Question 3

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

(n.)

Answer 3

detriment

Question 4

sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series a year.

(adj.) (n.,pl.)

Answer 4

durable

Question 5

economical, avoinding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager

(adj.)

Answer 5

frugal

Question 6

to make valueless, take away all force or effect

(v.)

Answer 6

Invalidate

Question 7

decribed in a well-known stories; exisiting in old stories (legends) rather than in real life

(adj.)

Answer 7

legendary

Question 8

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

(v.)

Answer 8

maim

Question 9

slanting or sloping; not starightforward or direct

(adj.)

Answer 9

oblique

Question 10

To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

(v.)

Answer 10

venerate