Seventh Grade Unit 2 Vocab

5 Written Questions

1. ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
   SYNONYMS: pranks, shenanigans
2. (adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
   SYNONYMS: mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated
3. given or giving freely
   SNYNONYMS: liberal, abundant, copious
   ANTONYMS: scarce, scanty, in short supply
4. (v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
   SYNONYMS: worship, revere, idolize
   ANTONYMS: despise, detest, ridicule, deride
5. (adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
   SYNONYMS: vigorous, ambitious, aggressive, audacious
   ANTONYMS: lazy, indolent, timid, diffident

5 Matching Questions

1. incognito
2. banter
3. congested
4. frugal
5. detriment

1. a (v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing
   SNYNONYMS: joking, railery
   ANTONYMS: serious talk
2. b (n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
   SNYNONYMS: hindrance, liability
   ANTONYMS: advantage, help, plus
3. c (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
   SYNONYMS: thrifty, skimpy
   ANTONYMS: wasteful, improvident, lavish, extravagant
4. d (adj., adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
   ANTONYMS: undisquised
5. e overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
   SYNONYMS: jammed, packed, choked
   ANTONYMS: uncluttered, unimpeded

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
   SYNONYMS:long-lasting, enduring
   ANTONYMS: fragile, perishable, fleeting, ephemeral
   1. frugal
   2. maim
   3. vererate
   4. durable
2. adj. slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
   SYNONYMS: diagonal, indirect
   ANTONYMS: direct, straight to the point
   1. frugal
   2. glut
   3. antics
   4. obligue
3. (v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply
   SYNONYMS: flood, inundate, surplus, plethora
   ANTONYMS: shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity
   1. maim
   2. glut
   3. frugal
   4. veer
4. (v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
   SYNONYMS: cancel,annul disapprove, discredit
   ANTONYMS: support, confirm, back up, lagalize
   1. invalidate
   2. obligue
   3. incognito
   4. vererate
5. declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
   SNYNONYMS: admitted, sworn
   ANTONYMS: unacknowledged, undisclosed
   1. avowed
   2. banter
   3. veer
   4. antics

5 True/False Questions

1. minimize → (v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
   SYNONYMS: belittle, downplay, underrate
   ANTONYMS: magnify, enlargw, exxagerate

   True        False

2. wanton → (v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing
   SNYNONYMS: joking, railery
   ANTONYMS: serious talk

   True        False

3. gingerly → (v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing
   SNYNONYMS: joking, railery
   ANTONYMS: serious talk

   True        False

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

   True        False

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

   True        False