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General Vocab
6th Grade
01/12/2008

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Term

Avenge

 

 



 

Definition

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

 

S. retaliate

 

Term

Cede

Definition

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

 

 

S. yield, deliver up, transfer

Term
Deluge
Definition

(n.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood) ;(v.) to flood 

S. swamp, inundate

A. trickle, dribble

Term
Discreation
Definition

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

 

S. prudence, tact, discrimination

 

Term
Giddy
Definition

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

 

S. faint, frivolous, flighty

A. levelheaded, serious, earnest, sober

Term
Impact
Definition

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

 

S. collision, blow, effect

Term
Intimidate
Definition

(v.) to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something

 

S. bully, browbeat, hector

Term
Liberate
Definition

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

 

S. untie, unshackle

A. imprison, fetter, shackle, bind

Term
Logical
Definition

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

 

S. rational, sensible

A. absurd, ridiculous, unsound, preposterous

Term
Misrepresent
Definition

(v.) to give a false or untrue idea 

 

S. distort, falsify, twist, exaggerate

Term
Optional
Definition

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

 

S. voluntary, elective, discretionary

A. required, mandatory, compulsory

Term
Outright
Definition

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

 

 S. total, out-and-out; utterly, instantly

A. partial, incomplete; by degrees

Term
Rendzvous
Definition

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

 

S. date, appointment, assignation

Term
Rotund
Definition

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

 

S. round, plump, chubby, portly, sonorous

A. thin, angular, lean, lanky, skinny, gaunt

Term
Sunter
Definition

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

 

S. ramble, amble; promenade

A. speed, race, hurry, dash, scurry, rush

Term
Sluggish
Definition

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

 

S. unhurried, lethargic, leisurely

A. active, energetic, lively, rapid, brisk

Term
Subcordinate
Definition

(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

 

S. assistant, helper

A. superior, higher; chief, supervisor

Term
Tint
Definition

(n.) a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; (v.) to give color to something; to dye 

 

S. shade, tone; color, stain

A. bleach, whiten

Term
Variable
Definition

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

 

S. fluctuating, shifting, inconstant

A. constant, unchanging, steady

Term
Verge
Definition

(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 

 

S. brink, threshold, edge

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