Unit 8 Flashcards
1
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Assurance
A
A pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence
2
Q
Asylum
A
A place of safety; an institution for the care of children, elderly people, Etc
3
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Console (as a verb)
A
To comfort
4
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Console (as a noun)
A
The keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
5
Q
Dilate
A
To make or become larger or wider
6
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Dross
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waste products; refuse
7
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Flippant
A
Lacking in seriousness: disrespectful, saucy
8
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Immunity
A
Resistance
9
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Immunity PART2
A
Freedom from some charge or obligation
10
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Institute
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To establish, set up
11
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Institute PART2
A
An organization for the promotion of learning
12
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Liability
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A debt, something disadvantageous
13
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Preposterous
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Ridiculous, senseless
14
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Pungnacious
A
Quarrelsome, fond of fighting
15
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Rabid
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Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, mad
