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20 Cards in this Set
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Avenge |
V. to get revenge for, get even for, settle s score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury |
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Cede |
V. to give up, surrender; to hand over to another |
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Deluge |
N. in a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in a vast quantity (like a flood) V. to flood |
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Discretion |
N. good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose |
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Giddy |
ADJ. dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness |
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Impact |
N. the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision V. to affect, especially forcefully |
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Intimidate |
V. to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something |
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Liberate |
V. tofree from bondage or domination: to release |
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Lodgical |
ADJ. reasonable; making use of reason and good sense |
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Misrepresent |
V. to give a false or untrue idea |
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Optional |
ADJ. left to one's own choice; not required
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Outright |
ADJ. complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing;
ADV. completely: instantaneously |
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Rendezvous |
V. to meet in accordance with a plan:
N. a meeting by agreement; a meeting place |
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Rotund |
ADJ. rounded and plump; full or rich in sound |
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Saunter |
V. to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way
N. a stroll |
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Sluggish |
ADJ. lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull |
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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 |
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Tint |
N. a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something
V. to give a color to something; to dye |
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Variable |
ADJ. likely to undergo change; changeable
N. a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such |
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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 |
