Unit 2 Vocab 8Th Grade

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Antics

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

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Avowed

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(adj.,part.) 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.,part.) 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 harm, 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.,pl.) 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 something 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.,adv.) 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 fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply

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Incognito

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(adj.,adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name; (n.) the state of being disguised or a person in disguise

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Invalidate

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(v.) to make valueless, 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

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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 straight forward or direct

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Veer

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

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Venerate

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

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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