ESL vocab
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CHENBOYUAN on October 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 antics | n.pl. rediculous 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. overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
| detriment | n. harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm,injury,loss or damage |
| durable | sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; n. pl. comsumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years |
| enterprising | adj. energetic, willing and able to start sth 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 wasted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing n. an oversupply |
| incognito | adj. in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; n. the state of being disguised; a person in disguise |
| invalidate | v. to make valuless, take away all force or effect |
| legendary | adj. described in well-known 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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