Vocabulary Workshop Level A ~ Unit 9 (no pictures)

avenge

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

SYNONYM: retaliate

cede

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

SYNONYMS: 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

SYNONYMS: (v.) swamp, inundate

ANTONYMS: (n.) trickle, dribble

discretion

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

SYNONYMS: prudence, tact, discrimination

giddy

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

SYNONYMS: faint, frivolous, flighty

ANTONYMS: levelheaded, serious, earnest, sober

impact

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

SYNONYMS: 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

SYNONYMS: bully, browbeat, hector

liberate

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

SYNONYMS: untie, unshackle

ANTONYMS: imprison, fetter, shackle, bind

logical

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

SYNONYMS: rational, sensible

ANTONYMS: absurd, ridiculous, unsound, preposterous

misrepresent

(v.) to give a false or untrue idea

SYNONYMS: distort, falsify, twist, exaggerate

optional

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

SYNONYMS: voluntary, elective, discretionary

ANTONYMS: required, mandatory, compulsory

outright

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

SYNONYMS: (adj.) total, out and out; (adv.) utterly; instantly

ANTONYMS: (adj.) partial, incomplete (adv.) by degrees

rendezvous

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

SYNONYMS: (n) date, appointment, assignation

rotund

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

SYNONYMS: round, plump, chubby, portly, sonorous

ANTONYMS: thin, angular, lean, lanky, skinny, gaunt

saunter

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

SYNONYMS: (v.) ramble, amble; (n.) promenade

ANTONYMS: (v.) speed, race, hurry, dash, scurry, rush

sluggish

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

SYNONYMS: unhurried, lethargic, leisurely

ANTONYMS: active, energetic, lively, rapid, brisk

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

SYNONYMS: (n.) assistant, helper

ANTONYMS: (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

SYNONYMS: (n.) shade, tone; (v.) color, stain

ANTONYMS: (v.) bleach, whiten

variable

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

SYNONYMS: (adj.) fluctuating, shifting, inconstant

ANTONYMS: (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

SYNONYMS: (n.) brink, threshold, edge