unit 8

Question 1

assurance

Answer 1

pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence
promise

Question 2

asylum

Answer 2

an institution for the care of children, elderly people,
shelter

Question 3

console

Answer 3

to comfort / The keyboard of an organ

Question 4

dilate

Answer 4

to make or become larger or wider;

Question 5

dross

Answer 5

waste products, refuse
trash

Question 6

dwindle

Answer 6

to lessen, diminish, shrink

Question 7

flippant

Answer 7

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful

Question 8

immunity

Answer 8

resistance to disease

Question 9

insititute

Answer 9

to establish, set up

Question 10

liability

Answer 10

a debt; something disadvantageous

Question 11

preposterous

Answer 11

ridicolous,senseless,
incredible

Question 12

pugnacious

Answer 12

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Question 13

rabid

Answer 13

furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad, infected with rabies

Question 14

realm

Answer 14

a kingdom; a region or field of study

Question 15

rejuvenate

Answer 15

to make young again, renew

Question 15

sparse

Answer 15

eager, scant; scattered

Question 15

remunerate

Answer 15

to reward, pay, profit, benefit

Question 15

sterling

Answer 15

genuine, excellent, worthy, pure

Question 16

venture

Answer 16

a risky or daring undertaking , danger

Question 17

warp

Answer 17

to twist out of shape
irregular