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8th Grade Vocabulary Unit 2
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8th Grade
08/31/2011

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Cards

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Antics

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(n. Pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions 

 

s:  pranks, shenanigans

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avowed

Definition

(adj. part.) declared openly ad without shame, acknowledged

 

s:  admitted, sworn

a:  unacknowledged, undisclosed

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banter

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(v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n) talk that is playful and teasing

 

s:  (n) joking, raillery

a: (n) serious talk

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bountiful

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(adj) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

 

s:  liberal abundant, copious

a:  scarce, scanty, in short supply

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congested

 

Definition

(adj., part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

 

s:  jammed, packed, choked

a:  uncluttered, unimpeded

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detriment

 

Definition

(n) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

 

s:  hindrance, liability

a:  advantage, help, plus

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durable

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(adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years.

 

s:  (adj) long-lasting, enduring

a:  (adj.) fragile, perishable, fleeting, ephemeral

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enterprising

 

Definition

(adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

 

s:  vigorous, ambitious, aggressive, audacious

a:  lazy, indolent, timid, diffident

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frugal

Definition

(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor meager

 

s:  thrifty, skimpy

a:  wasteful, improvident, lavish, extravagant

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gingerly

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(adj. adv.) with extreme care or caution

 

s:  (adv.) cautiously, warily, circumspectly

a:  (adv.) firmly confidently, aggressively

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glut

Definition

(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to fee or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n) an oversupply

 

s:  (v. flood, inundant; (n) surplus, plethora

a: (n) shortage, scaricity, dearth, paucity

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incognito

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(adj. adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise

 

a:  (adj) undisguised

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invalidate

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(v) to make valueless, take away all force or effect

 

s:  cancel, annul, disapprove, discredit

a:  support, confirm, back up; legalize

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legendary

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(adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life.

 

s:  mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated

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maim

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(v.) to cripple,disable, injur, mar, disfigure, mutilate

 

 

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minimize

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(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before

 

s:  belittle, downplay, underrate

a:  magnify, enlarge, exaggerate

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oblique

Definition

(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

 

s:  diagonal, indirect

a:  direct, straight to the point

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veer

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(v.) to change direction or course suddently, turn aside, shift, swerve
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venerate

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(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

 

s:  worship, revere, idolize

a:  despise, detest, ridicule, deride

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wanton

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(adj.) reckless, heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals;  (n.) a spoined, pamered person; one with low morals

 

s:  (adj.) rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked

a:  (adj.) justified, morally strict, responsible

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