Unit 9 Flashcards

1
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Average

A

To get revenge for get even for settle a score to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury

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2
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Cede

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To give up surrender to hand over to another

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3
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Deluge

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A great flood a heavy fall of rain anything that

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4
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Discretion

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Good judgment care in speech and action freedom to judge or choose

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5
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Giddy

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Dizzy light headed lacking seriousness

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6
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Impact

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The striking of one object against anther the shock caused by a collision

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7
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Intimidate

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To make timid or frighten by threats to use fear to get

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8
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Liberate

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To free from bondage or domination; to release

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9
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Logical

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Reasonable;making use of reason &‘good sense

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10
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Misrepresent

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To give a false or untrue idea

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11
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Optional

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Left to one’s own choice; not required

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12
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Outright

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Complete; instantaneous; without reservation

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13
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Rendezvous

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To meet in accordance with a plan

A meeting agreement; a meeting place

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14
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Rotund

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Rounded and plump; full or rich in sound

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15
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Saunter

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To stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way

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16
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Sluggish

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Lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull

17
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Subordinate

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Lower in rank or position, secondary
One who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else
To put in a lower or secondary position

18
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Tint

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A delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something

To give color to something

19
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Variable

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Likely to undergo change; changeable

A value of quantity that varies; a symbol for such

20
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Verge

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The point at which something begins or happens; a border;

To incline, tend toward, approach; to be in process of becoming something else