Unit 9
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tbone12345 on March 3, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 avenge | to get revenge fo, 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 | 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 |
| 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 false or untrue ideas |
| optional | left to ones own choice;not required |
| outright | complete;instantaneous; without reservation thorougoing; completly, instantaneously |
| rendezvous | to meet in accordance with a 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 lowwer 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, 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 |
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