Unit 8 Flashcards
1
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Asylum
A
An institution for the care of children, elderly people, ect.
2
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Console (v.)
A
To comfort
3
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Console (n.)
A
The keyboard or control panel for a mechanical device
4
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Dilate
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To make or become larger or wider( to expand upon
5
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Dross
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To refuse, waste products
6
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Dwindle
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To lessen, diminish
7
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Flippant
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Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy
8
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Immunity
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Resistance to disease: freedom from some charge or obligation
9
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Institute (v.)
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To establish
10
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Institute (n.)
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Organization that promotes learning
11
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Liability
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A debt; something disadvantageous
12
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Preposterous
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Ridiculous, senseless
13
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Pugnacious
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Quarrelsome, fond of fighting
14
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Rabid
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Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad
15
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Realm
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A kingdom; a region or field of study
