Unit 9 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Average
To get revenge for get even for settle a score to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury
Cede
To give up surrender to hand over to another
Deluge
A great flood a heavy fall of rain anything that
Discretion
Good judgment care in speech and action freedom to judge or choose
Giddy
Dizzy light headed lacking seriousness
Impact
The striking of one object against anther the shock caused by a collision
Intimidate
To make timid or frighten by threats to use fear to get
Liberate
To free from bondage or domination; to release
Logical
Reasonable;making use of reason &‘good sense
Misrepresent
To give a false or untrue idea
Optional
Left to one’s own choice; not required
Outright
Complete; instantaneous; without reservation
Rendezvous
To meet in accordance with a plan
A meeting agreement; a meeting place
Rotund
Rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
Saunter
To stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way
Sluggish
Lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
Subordinate
Lower in rank or position, secondary
One who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else
To put in a lower or secondary position
Tint
A delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something
To give color to something
Variable
Likely to undergo change; changeable
A value of quantity that varies; a symbol for such
Verge
The point at which something begins or happens; a border;
To incline, tend toward, approach; to be in process of becoming something else
