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