Vocabulary Workshop Unit 9

avenge

(v.) to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury

cede

(v.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another

deluge

(n.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); (v.) to flood

discretion

(n.) good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose

giddy

(adj.) dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness

impact

(n.) the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; (v.) to affect especially forcefully

intimidate

(v.) to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something

liberate

(v.) to free from bondage or domination; to release

logical

(adj.) reasonable; making use of reason and good sense

misrepresent

(v.) to give a false or untrue idea

optional

(adj.) left to one's own choice; not required

outright

(adj.) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; (adv.) completely, instantaneously

rendezvous

(v.) to meet in accordance with a plan; (n.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place

rotund

(adj.) rounded and plump; full or rich in sound

saunter

(v.) to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way; (n.) a stroll

sluggish

(adj.) lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull

subordinate

(adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary; (n.) one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else; (v.) to put in a lower or secondary position

tint

(n.) a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; (v.) to give color to something; to dye

variable

(adj.) likely to undergo change; changeable; (n.) a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such

verge

(n.) the point at which something begins or happens; a border; (v.) to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else