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Unit 2
Level C
| definition | word |
|---|---|
| ridiculus and unpredictable behavior or actions | antics |
| declared openly and without shame, acknowledged | avowed |
| to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and teasing | banter |
| giving freely, generous, plentiful, given ubundence | bountiful |
| overcrowded; filled or occupied to excess | congested |
| harm or loss, injury, damage, a disadvantage, a cause of harm, injury or loss, or damage | detriment |
| strudy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years | durable |
| antergetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination | enterprising |
| economical, avoiding waste and luxery; scanty, poor, meager | frugal |
| with extreme care or caution | gingerly |
| to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of stuffing; an oversupply | glut |
| in a disguised state; under an assumed name or identity; the state of being disguised, a person in disguise | incognito |
| to make valueless, to take away all force and effect | invalidate |
| to cripple, disable, disfigure, mar, injur, mutilate | maim |
| to make as samill as possible, make the least of, to make smaller than before | minimize |
| slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct | oblique |
| to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside shift swerve | veer |
| to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect | venerate |
| reckless, heartless, injustifable, loose in morals, a spoiled or pampered, one with low morals | wanton |