unit 9

Question 1

to get revenge for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or an injury

Answer 1

avenge

Question 2

(n.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in a vast quantity (like a flood); (v.) to flood

Answer 2

deluge

Question 3

dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness

Answer 3

giddy

Question 4

the sticking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; (v.) to affect, especially forcefully

Answer 4

impact

Question 5

to free from bondage or domination; to release

Answer 5

liberate

Question 6

left to one’s own choice; not required

Answer 6

optional

Question 7

rounded and plump; full or rich in sound

Answer 7

rotund

Question 8

(v.) to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way; (n.) a stroll

Answer 8

saunter

Question 9

(adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary; (n.) one who is in a lower or under the orders of someone else; (v.) to put in a lower or secondary position

Answer 9

subordinate

Question 10

(n.) the point at which something begins or happens; a border; (v.) to put in a lower or secondary position

Answer 10

verge

Question 11

to give up, surrender; to hand over to another

Answer 11

cede

Question 12

good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose

Answer 12

discretion

Question 13

to make timid or frightened by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something

Answer 13

intimidate

Question 14

reasonable; making use of reason and good sense

Answer 14

logical