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avenge | (v) to get revenge for; 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 a vast quantity; (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 |
rendezvous | (v) to meet in accordance with a plan; (n) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place |
outright | (adj) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; (adv) completely; instantaneously |
optional | (adj) left to one's own choice; not required |
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; (n) one who is in alower position; (v) to put in a lower 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 |
verge | (n) the point at which something begins or happens; the brink; a border, edge; (v) to incline, tend toward; to be in the process of becoming something else |