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(pl. n.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
S: pranks, shenanigans |
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(adj., part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
S: admitted, declared; sworn
A: unacknowledged, undisclosed |
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(v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing
S: teasing, joking raillery
A: a serious talk or discussion |
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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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(adj. part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
S: jammed, packed, choked
A: uncluttered, unimpeded |
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(n.) harm or loss, injury, damage, a disadvantage: a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
S: injury, harm; a hindrance, liability
A: an advantage, help, plus |
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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: sturdy, long lasting, enduring
A: fragile, perishable; fleeting, ephemeral |
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(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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(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor
S: thrifty; meager, skimpy
A: wasteful, improvident; lavish, extravagant |
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(adj. adv.) with extreme care or caution
S:cautiously, warily, circumspectly
A: firmly, confidently, aggressively |
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(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing;(n.) an oversupply
S:to flood, inundate; a surplus, plethora
A: a shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity |
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(adj. adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name; (n.) the state of being disguised or a person in disguise
s: in disguise, under an assumed identity
A: undisguised |
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| (v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect S: to cancel, annul; to disprove, discredit A: to support, confirm, back up: to legalize |
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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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(v.) to cripple, disable
S: to injure, cripple; to mar, disfigure, mutilate |
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(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
S: to belittle, downplay, underrate
A: to magnifyj, enlarge, esaggerate |
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(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
S: slanted, diagonal; indirect
A: direct, straight to the point |
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(v.) to change direction of course, turn aside, shift
S: to swerve, change course suddenly
A: to move ahead in a straight line |
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(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
S; to worship, revere, idolize
A: to despise, detest; to ridicule, deride |
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(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person: one with low morals
S: rash; malicious, spiteful; unprovoked
A: justified; morally strict, responsible |
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