vocab unit 2
level C sadlier-oxford unit 2
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- frugal
- (adj) economical, avoiding waste and luxery; scanty, poor, meager
- antics
- (n) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
- veer
- (v) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve
- enterprising
- (adj) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
- glut
- (v) to provide more than is needed or wanted, to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n) an oversupply
- detriment
- (n) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damge
- maim
- (v) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
- banter
- (v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.)talk that is playful and teasing
- minimize
- (v) to make as small as possible, to make the least of; to make smaller then before
- incognito
- (adj., adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
- gingerly
- (adj, adv) with extreme care or caution
- durable
- [adj.] sturdy, not easily worn out or desroyed; lasting for a long time; [n. pl.] consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
- bountiful
- [adj.] giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
- invalidate
- [v.] to make valueless, take away all force or effect
- wanton
- (adj) reckless, heartless, unjustifialbe, loose in morals; (n) a spoiled, pampered person, one with low morals
- oblique
- (adj) slanting or sloping not straightforward or direct
- avowed
- (adj., part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
- venerate
- (v) to regard with reverence, look up with great respect
- congested
- (adj.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
- legendary
- (adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life