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