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Vocabulary Unit 9
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6th Grade
05/27/2011

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Avenge
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(v.) to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury
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Cede
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(v.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another
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Deluge
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(n.) A great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); (v.) to flood
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Discretion
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(n.) Good judgement; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose
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Giddy
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(adj.) Dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness
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Impact
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(n.) The striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; (v.) to affect, especially forcefully
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Intimidate
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(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
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(v.) To free from bondage or domination; to release
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Logical
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(adj.) Reasonable; making use of reason and good sense
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Misrepresent
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(v.) To give a false or untrue idea
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Optional
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(adj.) Left to one's own choice; not required
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Outright
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(adj.) Complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; (adv.) completely, instantaneously
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Rendezvous
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(v.) To meet in accordance with a plan; (n.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place
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Rotund
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(adj.) Rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
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Saunter
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(v.) To stroll; walk in an easy. leisurely way; (n.) a stroll
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Sluggish
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(adj.) Lazy; slow-moving; not active, dull
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Subordinate
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(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
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Tint
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(n.) A delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; (v.) to give color to something; to dye
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Variable
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(adj.) Likely to undergo change; changeable; (n.) a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such
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Verge
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(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
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