VOCABULARY WORKSHOP LEVEL A UNIT 9 AVENGE VERB

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP LEVEL A UNIT 9

AVENGE • (VERB) TO GET REVENGE FOR; TO GET EVEN FOR; TO SETTLE A SCORE; TO PUNISH SOMEONE OR GET SATISFACTION FOR A WRONG OR AN INJURY. • HE WANTED TO AVENGE HIS FATHER’S DEATH.

CEDE • (VERB) TO GIVE UP; SURRENDER; TO HAND OVER TO ANOTHER • HE CEDED THE CAR KEYS TO HIS FATHER.

DELUGE • (NOUN) A GREAT FLOOD; A HEAVY FALL OF RAIN; ANYTHING THAT COMES IN A VAST QUANTITY (LIKE A FLOOD); • (VERB) TO FLOOD • WE HAD A DELUGE OF RAIN THAT FLOODED THE STREETS. • HE RECEIVED A DELUGE OF GET WELL CARDS.

DISCRETION • (NOUN) GOOD JUDGEMENT; CARE IN SPEECH AND ACTION; FREEDOM TO JUDGE OR CHOOSE. • IT WAS AT THE TEACHER’S DISCRETION WHETHER YOU HAD TO RETAKE THE TEST.

GIDDY • (ADJECTIVE) DIZZY; LIGHT-HEADED; LACKING SERIOUSNESS • SHE WAS GIDDY WHEN RETELLING HER STORY ABOUT WINNING THE LOTTERY.

IMPACT • (NOUN) THE STRIKING OF ONE OBJECT AGAINST ANOTHER; THE SHOCK CAUSED BY A COLLISION; • (VERB) TO AFFECT, ESPECIALLY FORCEFULLY • THE IMPACT OF THE BALL HITTING THE LINE CAUSED THE OTHER BALLS TO MOVE.

INTIMIDATE • (VERB) TO MAKE TIMID OR FRIGHTEN BY THREATS; TO USE FEAR TO FORCE SOMEONE TO DO (OR NOT DO) SOMETHING. • THE BULLY USED INTIMIDATION TO MAKE THE OTHER STUDENT HAND OVER HIS LUNCH MONEY. •

LIBERATE • (VERB) TO FREE; TO RELEASE • THE DOVES WERE LIBERATED FROM THEIR CAGE.

LOGICAL • (ADJECTIVE) REASONABLE; USING GOOD SENSE • IT WAS LOGICAL TO ASSUME SHE LIKED HER ICE CREAM.

MISREPRESENT • (VERB) TO GIVE A FALSE OR UNTRUE IDEA • PINOCCHIO MISREPRESENTED HIMSELF, SO HIS NOSE GREW.

OPTIONAL • (ADJECTIVE) LEFT TO ONE’S CHOICE; NOT REQUIRED • IT WAS OPTIONAL WHETHER YOU BROUGHT YOUR LUNCH OR YOU BOUGHT YOUR LUNCH.

OUTRIGHT • (ADJECTIVE) COMPLETE; INSTANTANEOUS; WITHOUT RESERVATION; THOROUGHLY • (ADVERB) COMPLETELY; INSTANTLY • HE OUTRIGHT SAID “NO” HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO.

RENDEZVOUS • (VERB) TO MEET ACCORDING TO A PLAN; • (NOUN) MEETING BY AGREEMENT; A MEETING PLACE • THEY RENDEZVOUS AT THE COFFEE SHOP BEFORE GOING ON THEIR TRIP.

ROTUND • (ADJECTIVE) ROUNDED AND PLUMP; FULL OR RICH IN SOUND • THE BABY CHICK WAS ROTUND.

SAUNTER • (VERB) TO STROLL; TO WALK IN A SLOW LEISURELY WAY • THEY SAUNTERED ALONG THE BEACH ENJOYING THE GOOD WEATHER.

SLUGGISH • (ADJECTIVE) LAZY; SLOW-MOVING; NOT ACTIVE; DULL • THE BEAR WAS SLUGGISH AFTER HIS BIG BREAKFAST.

SUBORDINATE • (ADJECTIVE) SECOND IN RANK; SECONDARY; • (NOUN) ONE WHO TAKES ORDERS FROM SOMEONE ELSE; • (VERB) TO PUT IN A LOWER OR SECONDARY POSITION • HE HAD SUBORDINATES THAT WORKED UNDER HIM.

TINT • (NOUN) A DELICATE OR TRACE OF COLOR (HUE); • (VERB) TO GIVE COLOR TO; TO DYE • SHE ADDED A PURPLE TINT TO HER HAIR.

VARIABLE • (ADJECTIVE) UNLIKELY TO UNDERGO CHANGE; CHANGEABLE • (NOUN) A VALUE THAT CHANGES; A SYMBOL FOR CHANGE

VERGE • (NOUN) THE POINT AT WHICH SOMETHING BEGINS OR HAPPENS; A BORDER OR EDGE. • TO INCLINE; TEND TOWARD; APPROACH; TO BE IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING SOMETHING ELSE • I WAS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS.