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Unit 9 B5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.avenge | (v)to get revenge for,get even for,settle a score;to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury S:retaliate |
| 2.cede | (v)to give up,surrender;hand over to another S:yield,deliver up,transfer |
| 3.deluge | (n)a great flood;a heavy fall of rain;anything that comes in a vast quantity(like a flood);(v)to flood S:(v)swamp,inundate A:(n)trickle,dribble |
| 4.discretion | (n)good judgment;care in speech and action;freedom to judge or choose S:prudence,tact,discrimination |
| 5.giddy | (adj)dizzy;lightheaded;lacking seriousness S:faint,frivolous,flighty A:levelheaded,serious,earnest,sober |
| 6.impact | (n)the striking of one object against another;the shock caused after a collision;(v)to affect,especially forcefully S:(n)collision,blow,effect |
| 7.intimidate | (v)to make timid or frighten by threats;to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do)something S:bully,browbeat,hector |
| 8.liberate | (v)to free from bondage or domination;to release S:untie,unshackle A:imprison,fetter,shackle,bind |
| 9.logical | (adj)reasonable;making use of a good reason and good sense S:rational,sensible A:absurd,ridiculous,unsound,preposterous |
| 10.misrepresent | (v)to give a false or untrue idea S:distort,falsify,twist,exaggerate |
| 11.optional | (adj)left to one's own choice;not required S:voluntary,elective,discretionary A:required,mandatory,compulsory |
| 12.outright | (adj)complete;instantaneous;without reservation,thoroughgoing;(adv)completely,instantaneously S:(adj)total,out and out;(adv)utterly,instantly A:(adj)partial,incomplete;(adv)by degrees |
| 13.rendezvous | (v)to meet in accordance with a plan;(n)a meeting by agreement;a meeting place S:(n)date,appointment,assignation |
| 14.rotund | (adj)rounded,and plump;full or rich in sound S:round,plump,chubby,portly,sonorous A:thin,angular,lean,lanky,skinny,gaunt |
| 15.saunter | (v)to stroll;walk in an easy,leisurely way;(n)a stroll S:(v)ramble,amble;(n)promenade A:(v)speed,race,hurry,dash,scurry,rush |
| 16.sluggish | (adj)lazy;slow-moving;not active,dull S:unhurried,lethargic,leisurely A:active,energetic,lively,rapid,brisk |
| 17.subordinate | (adj)lower in rank or position,secondary;(n)one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;(v)to put in a lower rank or position S:(n)assistant,helper A:(adj)superior,higher;(n)chief,supervisor |
| 18.tint | (n)a delicate color or hue;a slight trace of something;(v)to give color to something;to dye S:(n)shade,tone;(v)color,stain A:(v)bleach,whiten |
| 19.variable | (adj)likely to undergo change;changeable;(n)a value or quantity that varies;a symbol for such S:(adj)fluctuating,shifting,inconstant A:(adj)constant,unchanging,steady |
| 20.verge | (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 S:(n)brink,threshold,edge |
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