Vocab - Unit 2, Set A

Question 1

Avowed

Answer 1

Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Example:
The governor was an AVOWED supporter of the plan to aid public libraries throughout the state.

Question 2

Bountiful

Answer 2

Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

Example:
On Thanksgiving Day people all over America celebrate the BOUNTIFUL gifts of nature.

Question 3

Congested

Answer 3

Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

Example:
The doctor grew very concerned when the patient’s lungs became CONGESTED with fluid.

Question 4

Enterprising

Answer 4

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

Example:
An ENTERPRISING young person may turn a hobby into a way of earning money.

Question 5

Gingerly

Answer 5

With extreme care or caution

Example:
Difficult and demanding customers should be handled in a GINGERLY and courteous manner.
People walked GINGERLY along the streets.

Question 6

Glut

Answer 6

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

Example:
Hollywood studios GLUT theaters with big-budget action movies during the summer season.
When there is a GLUT of gasoline on the market, prices at the pump may drop dramatically.

Question 7

Incognito

Answer 7

In a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; the state of being disguised; a person in disguise

Example:
Just before the battle of Agincourt, Shakespeare’s King Henry V prowls through his camp INCOGNITO.
In a way makeup artists are practitioners of the fine art of INCOGNITO.

Question 8

Minimize

Answer 8

To make as small as possible, make the east of; to make smaller than before

Example:
Whenever you are in car, you should wear your seatbelt to MINIMIZE the risk of injury in an accident.

Question 9

Veer

Answer 9

To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift

Example:
The huge storm finally VEERED out to sea

Question 10

Wanton

Answer 10

Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals

Example:
The brave superhero soon put a stop to the evil villain’s acts of WANTON cruelty.
The main character in the popular miniseries was a charming but heartless WANTON.