Vocabulary Week 2

Detriment Harm or lost; injury, damage; a disadvantage

Antics Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Enterprising Energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

Gingerly With extreme care or caution

Banter To exchange playful remarks, tease/talk that is playful and teasing

Congested overcrowded

Frugal Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; poor

Avowed Declared openly and without shame; acknowledged

Bountiful Giving freely, generous; plentiful

Durable Sturdy; not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time

Venerate To regard with great reverence; to look up to with great respect

Wanton Spoiled, pampered person

Minimize To make as small as possible, make the least of

Glut An oversupply/to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; to provide more than needed

Veer To change direction or course suddenly

Incognito In a disguised, under an assumed name or identity

Maim To cripple, disable, injure

Legendary Described in well-known stories; existing in old stories rather than in real life

Invalidate To make valueless, to take away all force or effect

Oblique Slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct