Vocabulary Unit 2 - Set A-B Flashcards

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Avowed

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Declared openly and without shame, acknowledge

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Bountiful

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Giving freely, generous: plentiful, given abundantly

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Congested

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Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

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Enterprising

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

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Gingerly

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With extreme care and caution

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Glut

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To provide more than is needed or wanted: to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing

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Incognito

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In a disguised state, under and assumed name or identity

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Minimize

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To make as small as possible, make the least of: to make smaller than before

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Veer

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To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift

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Wanton

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Reckless, heartless, unjustifiable: loose in morals, a spoiled, pampered person

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Antics

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Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or action

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Banter

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To exchange playful remarks, tease, talk that is playful and teasing

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Detriment

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

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Durable

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Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed, lasting for a long time

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Frugal

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Economical, avoiding waste and luxury, scanty, poor, meager

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Invalidate

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To make valueless, take away all force or effect

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Legendary

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Described a well-known stories, existing in old stories not usually in real life

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Maim

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To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutlate

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Oblique

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Slanting or sloping, not straightforward or direct

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Venerate

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To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect