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Unit 9 Vocab
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Avenge | V. To get revenge for, get even for, settle a score. |
Cede | V. To give up, surrender, Synonyms; deliver up, transfer |
Deluge | N. A great flood, a heavy fall of rain, anything that comes in a large quantity. V. To flooD Synonyms; swamp, inundate Antonym; trickle, dribble |
Discretion | N. good judgment, care, and speech and action |
Giddy | Adj. dizzy, lightheaded, lacking seriousness. Synonyms; frivolous, faint, flighty Antonyms; sober, levelheaded, serious |
Impact | N. The striking of one object against another, the shock caused by a collision. V. To affect, especially, forcefully. Synonyms; collision, blow, effect |
Intimidate | V. To make timid or frightened by threats. Synonyms; Hector, browbeat |
Liberate | V. To free from bondage or domination, to release. Synonyms; untie, unshackle Antonyms; imprison, fetter, shackle |
Logical | Adj. reasonable, making use of reason and good sense Synonym; rational, sensible, Antonym, unsound, preposterous. |
Misrepresent | V. To give false or untrue idea Synonym; falsify, twist, exaggerate. |
Optional | Adj. left to one’s own choice; not required Synonym, voluntary, discretionary Antonym; compulsory, mandatory, required. |
Outright | Adj. complete, instantaneous, without reservation. Adv. Completely, and instantaneously, Synonyms, total, out and out (adv) utterly, instantly Antonyms, partial, and incomplete |
Rendezvous | V. To meet in accordance with the plan. N. A meeting by agreement, a meeting place. Synonyms: assignation |
Rotund | Adj. rounded and plump, full or rich and sound Synonyms, portly, sonorous Antonyms, angular, lanky, gaunt |
Saunter | V. To stroll, walk in an easy, leisurely way. N. A stroll Synonyms: v. Ramble n. Promenade Antonyms: speed, race, hurry, |
Sluggish | Adj. lazy, slow moving, not active, dull. Synonyms; lethargic, Antonyms, energetic, brisk |
Subordinate | Adj. lower and rank or position, secondary. N. One who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else. V. To put in |
Tint | N. A delicate color or Hugh, a slight trace of something. V. To give color to something; to dye Synonyms: n. Tone v. Color, stain Antonym: bleach |
Variable | Adj. likely to undergo change, changeable. V. A value or quantity that varies; assemble for such. Synonyms: . fluctuating, inconstant. Antonyms: unchanging |
Verge | N. The point at the which something begins or happens, a border. V. Two incline, tend toward, approach Synonyms; threshold, edge |