Sadlier Level C Unit 2
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 antics | (n) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions syn. pranks, shenanigans |
| avowed | (adj) delcared openly and without shame, acknowledged syn. admitted, sworn |
| banter | (v) to exchange playful remarks, tease (n) talk that is playful and teasing syn. joking, raillery |
| bountiful | (adj) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly syn. liberal, abundant, copious |
| congested | (adj) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess syn. jammed, packed, choked |
| detriment | (n) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage syn. hindrance, liability |
| durable | (adj) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed ; lasting for a long time; (n) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years syn. long-lasting,enduring |
| enterprising | (adj) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination syn. ambitious, vigorous, aggressive, audacious |
| frugal | (adj) economical, avoiding waste and luxury, scanty, poor, meager syn. thrifty, skimpy |
| gingerly | (adj/ adv) with extreme care or caution syn. cautiously, warily, circumspectly |
| glut | (v) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing (n) an oversupply syn. flood, inundate; surplus, plethora |
| incognito | (adj/ adv) in a disquised 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 syn. dissapprove, cancel, annul, discredit |
| legendary | (adj) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life syn. mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated |
| 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 syn. downplay, belittle, underrate |
| oblique | (adj) slanting or sloping; not straightfoward or direct syn. diagonal, indirect |
| veer | (v) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve |
| venerate | (v) to regard with reverance, look up to with great respect syn. worship, revere, idolize |
| wanton | (adj) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals (n) a spoiled, pampered person, one with low morals syn. rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked |
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