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UNIT 9 VoCaB!!!!!!!!
english
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 corners in vast quantity (like a flood); (v.) to flood |
| discretion | (n.)good judgement; 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 caused by a collision; (v.) to affect, especially forcefully |
| intimidate | (v.) to make frightened or 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 a false or untrue idea |
| optional | (adj.) left to one's own choice; not required |
| outright | (adj.) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroghgoing; (adj.) completely, instantaneously |
| rendezvous | (v.) to meet in accordance with a plan; (n.) a meeting by agreement; a meetin place |
| rotund | (adj.) rounded and 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 lower position or under the orders of someone else; (v.) to put in 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 such |
| 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 somthing else |