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English Vocab 7 #2
Test 10-1-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antics | n. ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions synonyms: pranks, shenanigans |
| avowed | adj. declared openly and without shame, acknowledged synonyms: admitted, sworn antonyms: unacknowledged, undisclosed |
| banter | v. to exchange playful remarks, tease n. talk that is playful and teasing synonyms:n. joking, raillery antonyms: serious talk |
| bountiful | adj. giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly synonyms:liberal, abundant, copious antonyms: scarce, scanty, in short supply |
| congested | adj. overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess synonyms: jammed, Packed, choked antonyms: uncluttered, unimpeded |
| detriment | n. harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage synonyms:hindrance, liability antonyms: advantage, help, plus |
| durable | adj. sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; n. consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years synonyms:adj. long-lasting, enduring antonyms:adj, fragile, perishable, fleeting, ephemeral |
| enterprising | adj. energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination synonyms: vigorous, ambitious, aggressive, audacious antonyms: wasteful, inprovident, lavish, extravagent |
| frugal | adj. economical, avoiding waste or and luxury; scanty, poor, meager synonyms: thrifty, skimpy antonyms: wasteful, improvident, lavish, extravagent |
| gingerly | adj, adv. extreme care or caution synonyms: cautiously, warily, circumspectly antonyms: firmly, confidently, aggressively |
| glut | v. to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; n. an oversupply synonyms: v. flood,inundate; n. surplus, plethora antonyms: n.shortage, scarcity, dearth paucity |
| incognito | adj, adv. in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; n. the state of being disguised, a person in disguise antonym: adj. undisguised |
| invalidate | v. to make valueless, take away all force or effect synonyms: cancel, annul antonyms: support, confirm, back up, legalize |
| legendary | adj. described in well known stories; existing in old stories rather than in real life synonyms: mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated |
| maim | v. to cripple, disable,injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
| minimize | v. to make as small as possible, make the least of, to make smaller than before synonyms: belittle, downplay, underrate antonyms: magnify, enlarge, exaggerate |
| oblique | adj. slanting or stopping; not straightforward or direct synonyms: diagonal, indirect antonyms: direct, straight to the point |
| veer | V. to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve |
| venerate | v. to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect synonyms: worship, reverse, idolize antonyms: despise, detest, ridicule, deride |
| wanton | adj. reckless; heartless, unjustifiable, loose in morals n. a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals synonyms: adj. rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked antonyms:adj. justified, morally strict, responsible |
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