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Unit 2-1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antics | ridiculous and unpredictable behaviour or actions |
| avowed | declared openly and without shame, acknowledged |
| banter | to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing |
| bountiful | giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly |
| congested | overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
| detriment | harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage |
| durable | sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years. |
| enterprising | energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination |
| frugal | economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager |
| gingerly | with extremely care or caution |
| glut | to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing; an oversupply |
| incognito | in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; the state of being disguised; a person in disguise. |
| invalidate | to make valueless, take away all forces or effect |
| legendary | described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life |
| maim | to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
| minimize | to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before |
| oblique | slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct. |
| veer | to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift |
| venerate | to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect |
| wanton | reckless; heartless; unjustifiable; loose in morals; a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals |