VOCAB UNIT 9

AVENGE (U VENJ')

• Get revenge on someone who did something to someone
• Avenge:retaliate as cede:transfer
• The soldier vowed to avenge his friend after he died in battle.

DELUGE (DEL' YÜJ)

• Something that comes like a flood,not always water
• Deluge:trickle as liberate:bind
• A deluge of people came running my way when they
• heard that there was a celebrity performing at the theater
• near the store I was at.

GIDDY (GID' Ē)

• Not serious
• Giddy:flighty as discretion:tact
• The girl was giddy after she hit her head
• against the table, and she was walking funny.

INTIMIDATE (IN TIM' U DĀT)

• To use threats to make someone scared
• Intimidate:hector as impact:blow
• The dog was intimidating the little kid because it was
• so much bigger than her.

LOGICAL (LÄJ' U KUL)

• Using good reason and sense
• Logical:sensible as misrepresent:twist
• He made a logical choice when he rechecked
• our math, because it was in fact wrong.

OPTIONAL (ÄP' SHU NUL)

• Not necessary
• Optional:voluntary as outright:total
• The quiz was optional, but I still took it
• to practice my math.

RENDEZVOUS (RÄN' DĀ VÜ)

• To meet by agreement
• Rendevous:date as rotund:portly
• The company agreed to rendezvous at three
• o'clock in the conference room on the third floor.

SAUNTER (SÔN' TUR)

• Walk in slowly or in a leisurely way
• Saunter:amble as sluggish:lethargic
• I was annoyed when he sauntered in, ten
• minutes late, and acted like nothing was wrong.

SUBORDINATE (SU BÔR' DU NĀT)

• Secondary in rank
• Subordinate:superior as tint:bleach
• The lieutenant is subordinate to the general,
• meaning he is not as high of a rank.

VARIABLE (VÂR' Ē U BUL)

• A symbol for a value or quantity
• Variable:shifting as verge:edge
• You mostly see variables in math, rather
• than in english class.