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Unit 9 Vocab (6th)

TermDefinition
Avenge To get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury
Cede To give up, surrender; to hand over to another
Deluge A great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); to flood
Discretion Good judgement; care in speech and action; freedon to judge or choose
Giddy Dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness
Impact The striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; to affect, especially forcefully
Intimidate To make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something
Liberate To free from bondage or domination; to release
Logical Reasonable; making use of reason and good sense
Misrepresent To give a false or untrue idea
Optional Left to one's own choice; not required
Outright Complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; completely, instantaneously
Rendezvous To meet in accordance with a plan; a meeting by agreement; a meeting place
Rotund Rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
Saunter To stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way; a stroll
Sluggish Lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
Subordinate 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
Tint a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; to give color to something; to dye
Variable Likely to undergo change; changeable; a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such
Verge The point at which something begins or happens; a border; to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else
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