| A | B |
| 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 quanity (like a flood); v. to flood |
| discretion | n. good judgment; car 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 fighten 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. comletely, instantaneously |
| rendezvous | v. to meet in accordance with plan; n. a meeting by aggreement; 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 |