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vocab unit 2
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English
8th Grade
12/28/2011

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ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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antics
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declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
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avowed
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to exchange playful remarks; tease
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banter
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giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
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overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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congested
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harm or loss; injury, damage
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detriment
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sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time
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durable
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energetic, wiling and able to start somthing new
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enterprising
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economial, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor meager
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frugal
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with extreme care or caution
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gingerly
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to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
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glut
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in disguised state; under assumed name or identity
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incognito
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to make valueless, to take away all force or effect
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invalidate
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described in well known stories
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legendary
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to cripple disable, injure, mar, disfigure
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maim
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to make as small as possible, make the least of
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minimize
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slanting or sloping; not staightforward or direct
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oblique
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to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside
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veer
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to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
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venerate
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reckless; heartless, unjustifiable
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wanton
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