Unit 2 Flashcards
antics
(n. pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
Synonym - shenanigans
avowed
(adj.part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
Synonym - admitted
banter
(v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease;
banter
(n.) talk that is playful and teasing
Synonym - chitchat
bountiful
(adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
Synonym - abundant
congested
(adj.,part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
Synonym - jammed
detriment
(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
Synonym - liability
durable
(adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time;
Synonym - long-lasting
durable
(n.pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
enterprising
(adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
Synonym - vigorous
frugal
(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
Synonym - thrifty
gingerly
(adj.) with extreme care or caution
Synonym - cautiously
glut
(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
Synonym - flood
glut
(n.) an oversupply
Synonym - surplus
incognito
(adj.,adv) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity;
Synonym - undisguised
incognito
(n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
invalidate
(v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
Synonym - cancel
legendary
(adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
Synonym - mythical
maim
(v.) to cripples, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
minimize
(v.) to make as small a possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
Synonym - belittle
oblique
(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
Synonym - indirect
veer
(v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift
venerate
(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
Synonym - idolize
wanton
(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals
Synonym - malicious