avenge
(v.) to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury
SYNONYM: retaliate
cede
(v.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another
SYNONYMS: yield, deliver up, transfer
deluge
(n.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood);
ANTONYMS: (n.) trickle, dribble
discretion
(n.) good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose
SYNONYMS: prudence, tact, discrimination
giddy
(adj.) dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness
SYNONYMS: faint, frivolous, flighty
ANTONYMS: levelheaded, serious, earnest, sober
impact
(n.) the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision
SYNONYMS: collision, blow, effect
intimidate
(v.) to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something
SYNONYMS: bully, browbeat, hector
liberate
(v.) to free from bondage or domination; to release
SYNONYMS: untie, unshackle
ANTONYMS: imprison, fetter, shackle, bind
logical
(adj.) reasonable; making use of reason and good sense
SYNONYMS: rational, sensible
ANTONYMS: absurd, ridiculous, unsound, preposterous
misrepresent
(v.) to give a false or untrue idea
SYNONYMS: distort, falsify, twist, exaggerate
optional
(adj.) left to one's own choice; not required
SYNONYMS: voluntary, elective, discretionary
ANTONYMS: required, mandatory, compulsory
outright
(adj.) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing;
SYNONYMS: (adj.) total, out and out
ANTONYMS: (adj.) partial, incomplete
rendezvous
(v.) to meet in accordance with a plan;
rotund
(adj.) rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
SYNONYMS: round, plump, chubby, portly, sonorous
ANTONYMS: thin, angular, lean, lanky, skinny, gaunt
saunter
(v.) to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way
ANTONYMS: (v.) speed, race, hurry, dash, scurry, rush
sluggish
(adj.) lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
SYNONYMS: unhurried, lethargic, leisurely
ANTONYMS: active, energetic, lively, rapid, brisk
subordinate
(adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary;
ANTONYMS: (adj.) superior, higher
tint
(n.) a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something
SYNONYMS: (n.) shade, tone;
variable
(adj.) likely to undergo change; changeable;
SYNONYMS: (adj.) fluctuating, shifting, inconstant
ANTONYMS: (adj.) constant, unchanging, steady
verge
(n.) the point at which something begins or happens; a border
SYNONYMS: (n.) brink, threshold, edge
deluge
(v.) to flood
SYNONYMS: (v.) swamp, inundate
verge
(v.) to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else
variable
(n.) a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such
tint
(v.) to give color to something; to dye
(v.) color, stain
ANTONYMS: (v.) bleach, whiten
subordinate
(n.) one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
SYNONYMS: (n.) assistant, helper
ANTONYMS: (n.) chief, supervisor
subordinate
(v.) to put in a lower or secondary position
saunter
(n.) a stroll
SYNONYMS: (n.) promenade
rendezvous
(n.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place
SYNONYMS: (n) date, appointment, assignation
outright
(adv.) completely, instantaneously
SYNONYMS: (adv.) utterly; instantly
ANTONYMS: (adv.) by degrees
impact
(v.) to affect especially forcefully