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Vocab U9
Defintions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury | avenge |
| to give, surrender; to hand over to another | cede |
| a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); to flood | deluge |
| good judgement; care in sppech and action; freedom to judge or choose | discretion |
| dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness | giddy |
| the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; to affect, especially forcefully | impact |
| to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not do to) something | intimidate |
| to free from bondage or domination; to release | liberate |
| reasonable; making use of reason and good sense | logical |
| to give a false or untrue idea | misrepresent |
| left to one's own choice; not required | optional |
| complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; completely, instantaneously | outright |
| to meet in accordance with a plan; a meeting by agreement; a meeting place | rendezvous |
| rounded and plump; full or rich in sound | rotund |
| to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way; a stroll | saunter |
| lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull | sluggish |
| 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 | subordinate |
| a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; to give color to something; to dye | tint |
| likely to undergo change; changeable; a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such | variable |
| the point which something begins or happens; a border; to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in a process of becoming something else | verge |
| to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury | avenge |
| to give, surrender; to hand over to another | cede |
| a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); to flood | deluge |
| good judgement; care in sppech and action; freedom to judge or choose | discretion |
| dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness | giddy |
| the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; to affect, especially forcefully | impact |
| to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not do to) something | intimidate |
| to free from bondage or domination; to release | liberate |
| reasonable; making use of reason and good sense | logical |
| to give a false or untrue idea | misrepresent |
| left to one's own choice; not required | optional |
| complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; completely, instantaneously | outright |
| to meet in accordance with a plan; a meeting by agreement; a meeting place | rendezvous |
| rounded and plump; full or rich in sound | rotund |
| to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way; a stroll | saunter |
| lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull | sluggish |
| 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 | subordinate |
| a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; to give color to something; to dye | tint |
| likely to undergo change; changeable; a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such | variable |
| the point which something begins or happens; a border; to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in a process of becoming something else | verge |