Unit 2 Flashcards
Antics (N.)
Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions.
Avowed (Adj.)
Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
Banter (V.) or (N.)
- ) To exchange playful remarks, tease
2. ) talk that is playful and teasing
Bountiful (Adj.)
Giving freely, generous: plentiful, given abundantly
Congested (Adj.)
Overcrowded, filed or occupied to excess.
Detriment (N.)
Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage.
Durable (Adj.) or (N.)
- ) Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time
- ) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
Enterprising (Adj.)
Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
Frugal (Adj.)
Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
Gingerly (Adj., adv.)
With extreme care or caution
Glut (V.) or (N.)
(V.) to provide more than is need or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing
(N.) an oversupply
Incognito (Adj., Adv) or (N)
- ) In a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity
2. ) The state of being disguised; a person in disguise
Invalidate (V.)
To make a valueless, take away all force or effect
Legendary (Adj.)
Described in well-known stories; existing in old stories feather than in real life.
Maim (V.)
To cripple, Isabel, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
Minimize (V.)
To make a s small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before.
Oblique (Adj.)
Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
Veer (V.)
To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift.
Venerate (V.)
To regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
Wanton (Adj.) or (N.)
- ) Reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals
2. ) A spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals
