Unit 2 Vocab.

Front 1

(n. pl.) Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Back 1

antics

Front 2

( adj., part.) declared openl and without shame, acknowledged

Back 2

avowed

Front 3

( v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that this isplayful and teasing

Back 3

banter

Front 4

(adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

Back 4

bountiful

Front 5

(adj, part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

Back 5

congested

Front 6

(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

Back 6

detriment

Front 7

(adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years

Back 7

durable

Front 8

(adj.) enrgetic, willing and able to start sinething new; showing boldness andimagination

Back 8

enterprising

Front 9

(adj.) econopmical, avoiding waste and luxury: scanty, poor, meager

Back 9

frugal

Front 10

(adj., adv.) with extreme care or caution

Back 10

gingerly

Front 11

(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply

Back 11

glut

Front 12

(v.) to make valueless, take away, all force or effect

Back 12

invalidate

Front 13

(aj., adv.) in a disguised state, under an ssumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; am person in disguise

Back 13

incognito

Front 14

(adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old storie (legends) rather than in real life

Back 14

legendary

Front 15

(v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Back 15

maim

Front 16

(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before

Back 16

minimize

Front 17

(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Back 17

oblique

Front 18

(v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

Back 18

veer

Front 19

(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Back 19

venerate

Front 20

(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled pampered person; one with low morals

Back 20

wanton