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Vocab Level A unit 9
sadlier oxford vocab unit 9 level a 6th grade
Question | Answer |
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avenge | to get revenge for,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 | a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); to flood |
discretion | good judgment; 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 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; thoroughgoing; completely, 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 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; 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 |