Vocab Unit #2

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antics

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(n. pl.) ridiculious 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, givenabundantly

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congested

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9adj., 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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9adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed, lasting for a long time, (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatly over a series of years

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enterprising

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(adj.) energetic, willing and able to startsomething new, showing boldness and imagination

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frugal

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(adj.) economical, avioding 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 mmore than is needed or wanted to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing (n.) oversupply

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incognito

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(adj. adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity (n.) shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity

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invalidate

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

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lengendary

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(adj.) desrcibed in well-known stories, existing in old stories (lengends) rather than in real life

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maim

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(v.) to cripple, disaable, injure, mar, 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 then 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 direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

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venerate

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(v.) to regard with reverenc, 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