Unit 9 vocabulary Flashcards
(21 cards)
Avenge
to get revenge for, to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury
deluge
(N) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in a vast quantity (like a flood)
(V) to flood
giddy
dizzy, light-headed; lacking seriousness
impact
(N)the chock caused by a collision.
(V)to affect, especially forcefully.
liberate
to free from bondage or domination; to release.
optional
left to ones own choice; not required
rotund
rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
saunter
(V) to stroll; walk in easy, leisure way;
(N) a stroll
subordinate
(adj) lower in rank or position
(n) now who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
(v) to put in lower or secondary position
verge
the point where something is starting to or begins to happen; a border; to tend to or be in the process of becoming something else
cede
to give up, surrender, to hand over to another
discretion
a good judgement, care in speech and action;freedom to judge or choose.
intimidate
to make timid or frightened by threats,
logical
reasonable, making use of reason and good sense
misrepresent
to give a false or untrue idea
outright
complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing
completely instantaneous
rendezvous
to meet in accordance with a plan;
a meeting by agreement; a meeting place
sluggish
lazy; slow-moving; active, dull
tint
to give color;
a delicate color or hue, a slight trace of something
variable
a likely to undergo change; changeable;
a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such.
variable
a likely to undergo change; changeable;
a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such.
