Vocabulary Unit 9- Definitions Flashcards
V.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another
Cede
V.) to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury.
Avenge
N.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like food)
V.) to flood
Deluge
N.) good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge and choose
Discretion
Adj.) dizzy; light headed; lacking seriousness
Giddy
N.) the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision
V.) to affect. Especially forcefully
Impact
V.) to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something
Intimidate
V.) to free from bondage or domination; to release
Liberate
Adj.) reasonable; making use of reason and good sense
Logical
V.) to give a false or untrue idea
Misrepresent
Adj.) left to one’s own choice; not required
Optional
Adj.) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing
Adv.) completely, instantaneously
Outright
V.) to meet in accordance with a plan
N.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place
Rendezvous
Adj.) rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
Rotund
V.) to stroll; walk on an easy, leisurely way
N.) a stroll
Saunter
Adj.) lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
Sluggish
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
Subordinate
N.) a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something
V.) to give color to something; to dye
Tint
Adj.) likely to undergo change; changeable
N.) a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such
Variable
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
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