Unit 8

Question 0

I’m institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety

Answer 0

Asylum

Question 1

A pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence

Answer 1

Assurance

Question 2

To comfort; the keyboard of an organ, a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

Answer 2

Console

Question 3

To make or become larger or lighter; to expand on

Answer 3

Dilate

Question 4

Refuse, waste products

Answer 4

Dross

Question 5

To lessen, diminish

Answer 5

Dwindle

Question 6

Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Answer 6

Flippant

Question 7

Resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

Answer 7

Immunity

Question 8

To establish, set up; organization that promotes learning

Answer 8

Institute

Question 9

A debt; something disadvantages

Answer 9

Liability

Question 10

Ridiculous, senseless

Answer 10

Preposterous

Question 11

Quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Answer 11

Pugnacious

Question 12

Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, mad, infected with rabies

Answer 12

Rabid

Question 13

A kingdom; a region field of study

Answer 13

Realm

Question 14

To make young again; to make like new

Answer 14

Rejuvenate

Question 15

To reward, pay, reimburse

Answer 15

Remunerate

Question 16

Meager, scant; scattered

Answer 16

Sparse

Question 17

Genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness

Answer 17

Sterling

Question 18

A risky or daring undertake; to expose the danger; to dare

Answer 18

Venture

Question 19

To twist out of shape; an abnormality

Answer 19

Warp