Unit 2 Vocab Cards

Front 1

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

Back 1

veer

Front 2

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

Back 2

venerate

Front 3

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

Back 3

wanton

Front 4

(adj.) energetic, willing and able to start soemthing new; showing boldness and imagination

Back 4

enterprising

Front 5

(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager

Back 5

frugal

Front 6

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

Back 6

gingerly

Front 7

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

Back 7

glut

Front 8

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

Back 8

incognito

Front 9

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

Back 9

invalidate

Front 10

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

Back 10

legendary

Front 11

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

Back 11

maim

Front 12

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

Back 12

minimize

Front 13

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

Back 13

oblique

Front 14

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

Back 14

congested

Front 15

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

Back 15

detriment

Front 16

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

Back 16

durable

Front 17

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

Back 17

antics

Front 18

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

Back 18

avowed

Front 19

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

Back 19

banter

Front 20

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

Back 20

bountiful