| A | B | 
| antics | (n.pl.)ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions | 
| avowed | (adj.,part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged | 
| banter | (v.) to exchange playful remarks , tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing | 
| bountiful | (adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly | 
| congested | (adj.,part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess | 
| detriment | (n.) harm or loss; injury,damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage | 
| durable | (adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n.pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years | 
| enterprising | (adj.) energetic , willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination | 
| frugal | (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager | 
| gingerly | (adj.,adv.) with extreme care or caution | 
| glut | (v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply | 
| incognito | (adj.,adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise | 
| invalidate | (v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect | 
| legendary | (adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life | 
| maim | (v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate | 
| minimize | (v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before | 
| oblique | (adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct | 
| veer | (v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve | 
| venerate | (v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect | 
| wanton | (adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals |