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Vocabulary- Sadlier-Oxford
Level A Unit 9
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Literature
6th Grade
01/26/2009

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avenge
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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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to give up, surrender; to hand over to another
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deluge
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a great flood; a heavy fall or rain; anything that comes in vast quantity(like a flood)
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discretion
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good judgement; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose
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giddy
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dizzy; light-headed;lacking seriousness
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impact
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the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision; to affect, especially forcefully
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intimidate
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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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to free from bondage or domination; to release
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logical
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reasonable;making use of reason and good sense
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misrepresent
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to give a false or untrue idea
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optional
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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;
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rotund
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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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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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