Unit 8 Flashcards
Asylum
An institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety
Console
To comfort; the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
Dilate
To make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
Dross
Refuse, waste products
Dwindle
To lessen, diminish
Flippant
Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
Immunity
Resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation
Institute
To establish, set up; organization that promotes learning
Liability
A debt; something disadvantageous
Preposterous
Ridiculous, senseless
Pugnacious
Quarrelsome, fond of fighting
Rabid
Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies
Realm
A kingdom; a region or field of study
Rejuvenate
To make young again; to make like new
Remunerate
To reward, pay, reimburse
Sparse
Neither, scant; scattered
Sterling
Genuine, excellent; Made of silver of standard fineness
Venture
A risky or daring undertaking; to exposed to danger; to dare
Warp
To twist out of shape; an abnormality
Assurance
A pledge; freedom from doubt, self confidence
