English Vocab Final Exam Flashcards
Asylum
A institution that takes care of children, elderly people. Also means a place of safety.
Console
To comfort, the keyboard of an organ, a control panel
Dilate
To expand upon, become larger
Dross
Refuse, waste products
Dwindle
To lessen, diminish
Flippant
Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy
Immunity
Resistance to a disease, or an obligation
Institute
To establish, set up, organization that promotes learning
Liability
A debt, something disadvantageous
Preposterous
Ridiculous, outrageous
Pugnacious
Fond of fighting
Rabid
Furious, violently intense, mad with rabies
Realm
A kingdom, a region
Rejuvenate
To make young again, make like new
Remunerate
To reward, pay, reimburse
Sparse
Scattered
Sterling
Genuine, excellent, made of silver
Standard of fineness
Venture
A risky or daring situation
Warp
To twist out of shape, an amp normality
Assurance
A promise, sureness
