Unit 9 Sadlier Flashcards
(20 cards)
Avenge
To get revenge for, get even, 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 comes in a vast quantity (like a flood); to flood
Discretion
Good judgement, care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose
Giddy
Dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness
Impact
The striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; to affect, especially forcefully
Intimidate
To make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something
Liberate
To free from bondage or domination; to release
Logical
Reasonable; making use of reason and good sense
Misrepresent
To give a false or untrue idea
Optional
Left to one’s own choice; not required
Outright
Complete; instantaneous; without reservation, throughgoing; completely, instantaneously
Rendezvous
To meet in accordance with plan; a meeting by agreement; a meeting place
Rotund
Rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
Saunter
To stroll, walk in an easy, leisurely way; a stroll
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; give color to something; to dye
Variable
Likely to undergo change; changeable; a value or 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 the process of becoming something else
