Vocabulary Unit 9- Definitions

Question 0

V.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another

Answer 0

Cede

Question 1

V.) to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury.

Answer 1

Avenge

Question 2

N.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like food)

V.) to flood

Answer 2

Deluge

Question 3

N.) good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge and choose

Answer 3

Discretion

Question 4

Adj.) dizzy; light headed; lacking seriousness

Answer 4

Giddy

Question 5

N.) the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision

V.) to affect. Especially forcefully

Answer 5

Impact

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Intimidate

Question 7

V.) to free from bondage or domination; to release

Answer 7

Liberate

Question 8

Adj.) reasonable; making use of reason and good sense

Answer 8

Logical

Question 9

V.) to give a false or untrue idea

Answer 9

Misrepresent

Question 10

Adj.) left to one’s own choice; not required

Answer 10

Optional

Question 11

Adj.) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing

Adv.) completely, instantaneously

Answer 11

Outright

Question 12

V.) to meet in accordance with a plan

N.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place

Answer 12

Rendezvous

Question 13

Adj.) rounded and plump; full or rich in sound

Answer 13

Rotund

Question 14

V.) to stroll; walk on an easy, leisurely way

N.) a stroll

Answer 14

Saunter

Question 15

Adj.) lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull

Answer 15

Sluggish

Question 16

Adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary

N.) one who is in a lower position or under orders of someone else

V.) to put in a lower or secondary position

Answer 16

Subordinate

Question 17

N.) a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something

V.) to give color to something; to dye

Answer 17

Tint

Question 18

Adj.) likely to undergo change; changeable

N.) a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such

Answer 18

Variable

Question 19

N.) the point at which something begins or happens; a border

V.) to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else

Answer 19

Verge