Vocabulary Unit 2
antics
• Ridiculous behavior
avowed
• Declare openly
• acknowledged
banter
• Exchange playful remarks
• tease
bountiful
• Plentiful
• Giving freely
congested
• Overcrowded
• Filled to excess
detriment
• disadvantage
durable
• Sturdy
• Not easily destroyed
enterprising
• Willing and able to start something new
• Showing boldness and imagination
frugal
• Avoiding waste and luxury
gingerly
• With extreme care or caution
glut
• To provide more than is needed or wanted
• oversupply
incognito
• In a disguised state
invalidate
• To make valueless
legendary
Described in well-known stories
maim
• To disable, injure, mar, disfigure
minimize
• To make as small as possible
oblique
• Slanting or sloping
veer
• To suddenly change direction
venerate
• to look up to with great respect
wanton
• Reckless, heartless, spoiled
• One with low morals