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