Vocabulary Unit 2

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

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antics

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

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avowed

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

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banter

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

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bountiful

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

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congested

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

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detriment

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

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enterprising

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

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frugal

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

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gingerly

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

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incognito

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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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durable

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

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glut

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

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invalidate

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

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legendary

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

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maim

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

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minimize

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

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oblique

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(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

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venerate

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

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wanton