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Vocab Unit 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Avenge | Definition: V. To get revenge for, get even for, settle a score, punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury |
| Avenge | Synonym: retaliate |
| Cede | Definition: V. To give up; surrender; to hand over to another |
| Cede | Synonym: deliver up; transfer |
| Deluge | Definition: N. A great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in a vast quantity; V. To flood |
| Deluge | Synonym: swamp; inundate |
| Deluge | Antonym: trickle; dribble |
| Discretion | Definition: N. good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose |
| Discretion | Synonym: prudence, tact, discrimination |
| Giddy | Definition: Adj., dizzy; light headed; lacking seriousness |
| Giddy | Synonym: faint; frivolous; flighty |
| Giddy | Antonyms: levelheaded; serious; ernest; sober |
| Impact | Definition: N. The striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; V. To affect, especially forcefully |
| Impact | Synonyms: collision, blow, effect |
| Intimidate | Definition: V. To make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear or get someone to do or not do something |
| Intimidate | Synonyms: browbeat; hector |
| Liberate | Definition: V. To free from bondage or domination; to release |
| Liberate | Synonyms: unite; unshackle |
| Liberate | Antonym: imprison; fetter; shackle; bind |
| Logical | Definition: Adj. reasonable, making use of reason and good sense |
| Logical | Synonyms: rational, sensible |
| Logical | Antonym: absurd, ridiculous, unsound, preposterous |
| Misrepresent | Definition: V. To give a false or untrue idea |
| Misrepresent | Synonym: falsify, twist, exaggerate |
| Optional | Definition: Adj. left to one’s own choose; not required |
| Optional | Synonym: voluntary; discretionary |
| Optional | Antonyms: required, mandatory, compulsory |
| Outright | Definition: Adj. complete; instantaneous; without reservation; thoroughgoing; Adv. completely; instantaneously |
| Outright | Synonyms: total; out and out |
| Outright | Antonyms: partial; incomplete; by degrees |
| Rendezvous | Definition: V. To meet in accordance with a plan; N. A meeting by agreement; a meeting place |
| Rendezvous | Synonyms: date; assignation |
| Rotund | Definition: Adj. rounded and plump; full or rich in sound |
| Rotund | Synonyms: portly, sonorous |
| Rotund | Antonyms: angular; lanky; gaunt |
| Saunter | Definition: V. Stroll, walk in an easy, leisurely way; n. Stroll |
| Saunter | Synonyms: ramble; amble; promenade |
| Saunter | Antonyms: speed; race; hurry; dash; scurry; rush |
| Sluggish | Definition: Adj. lazy; slow-moving; not active; dull |
| Sluggish | Synonym: unhurried, lethargic |
| Sluggish | Antonyms: energetic; brisk |
| Subordinate | Definition: 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 or secondary position |
| Subordinate | Synonym: assistant; helper |
| Subordinate | Antonym: superior; higher; chief; supervisor |
| Tint | Definition: N. A delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; V. To give color to something; to dye |
| Tint | Synonym: tone; color; stain |
| Tint | Antonym: bleach |
| Variable | Definition: Adj. to undergo a change; changeable; N. A value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such |
| Variable | Synonym: fluctuating; shifting inconstant |
| Variable | Antonym: content, unchanging, steady |
| Verge | Definition: 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 |
| Verge | Synonym: threshold; edge |