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