Vocabulary Lesson 2

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

Back 1

antics

Front 2

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

Back 2

avowed

Front 3

(v.)to exchange playful remarks, tease;
(n.)talk that is playful 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, 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.)energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

Back 8

enterprising

Front 9

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

Back 9

frugal

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(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

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

Back 12

incognito

Front 13

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

Back 13

invalidate

Front 14

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

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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

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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

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veer

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

Back 19

venerate

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

Back 20

wanton