Unit 8 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
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Asylum
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N
- an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, or other persons requiring specialized assistance
- a place of safety
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Assurance
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N
-a pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence
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Console
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V
-to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort
N
-a television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor
-the control or monitoring unit of a computer, etc
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Dilate
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V
- to make wider or larger; to expand
- to speak or write at length; expatiate (upon/on)
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Dross
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N
- waste matter; refuse
- a waste product taken off molten metal
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Dwindle
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V
- to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away
- to fall away, like in quality; degenerate
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Flippant
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Adj
- frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
- nimble, limber, pliant
- glib, voluble (fluent, talkative)
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Immunity
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N
- resistance to disease
- freedom from some charge or obligation
- special privilege
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Institute
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V
-to set up; establish; organize
-to bring into use or practice
N
-an organization for the promotion of learning
-an established principle, law, custom, or organization
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Liability
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N
- the state of being responsible for something, especially by debt
- something that holds one back, a handicap
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Preposterous
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Adj
- ridiculous, senseless
- completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd, senseless; utterly foolish
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Pugnacious
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-inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
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Rabid
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- irrationally extreme in opinion or practice
- furious or raging; violently intense
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Realm
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N
- a royal domain; kingdom
- the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates
- the special province or field of something or someone
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Rejuvenate
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V
- to make young again, restore to youthful vigor or appearance
- to restore to a former state; to make fresh or new again
