Unit 2

Question 1

Antics

Answer 1

Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Question 2

Avowed

Answer 2

Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Question 3

Banter

Answer 3

To exchange playful remarks, tease

Talk that is playful and teasing

Question 4

Bountiful

Answer 4

Giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

Question 5

Congested

Answer 5

Overcrowded, filled or occupied to to excess

Question 6

Detriment

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Durable

Answer 7

Sturdy not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a pond time

Consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years

Question 8

Enterprising

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Frugal

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Gingerly

Answer 10

With extreme care or caution

Question 11

Glut

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Incognito

Answer 12

In a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity

Question 13

Invalidate

Answer 13

To make valueless, take away all force or effect

Question 14

Legendary

Answer 14

Described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life; famous

Question 15

Maim

Answer 15

To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Question 16

Minimize

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Oblique

Answer 17

Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Question 18

Veer

Answer 18

Yo change direction it course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

Question 19

Venerate

Answer 19

To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Question 20

Wanton

Answer 20

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