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