Vocabulary Definitions

• These notes cover twenty vocabulary words with their definitions.

avenge

• (v.) to get revenge for a wrong, even the score, to punish, or obtain satisfaction for an injury.

deluge

• (n.) a great flood, a heavy rain, or anything arriving in vast quantities like a flood.
• (v.) to flood.

giddy

• (adj.) dizzy, light-headed, or lacking seriousness.

impact

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

liberate

• (v.) to free from bondage, domination, or to release.

optional

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

rotund

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

saunter

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

subordinate

• (adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary.
• (n.) someone in a lower position or under someone else's orders.
• (v.) to put in a lower or secondary position.

verge

• (n.) the point at which something begins or happens, or a border.
• (v.) to incline, tend toward, approach, and be in the process of becoming something else.

cede

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

discretion

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

intimidate

• (v.) to make timid or frighten by threats, or to use fear to influence someone's actions.

logical

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

misrepresent

• (v.) to give a false or untrue idea.

outright

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

rendezvous

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

sluggish

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

tint

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

variable

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