Unit 8 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
Asylum
N
- an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, or other persons requiring specialized assistance
- a place of safety
Assurance
N
-a pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence
Console
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
Dilate
V
- to make wider or larger; to expand
- to speak or write at length; expatiate (upon/on)
Dross
N
- waste matter; refuse
- a waste product taken off molten metal
Dwindle
V
- to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away
- to fall away, like in quality; degenerate
Flippant
Adj
- frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
- nimble, limber, pliant
- glib, voluble (fluent, talkative)
Immunity
N
- resistance to disease
- freedom from some charge or obligation
- special privilege
Institute
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
Liability
N
- the state of being responsible for something, especially by debt
- something that holds one back, a handicap
Preposterous
Adj
- ridiculous, senseless
- completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd, senseless; utterly foolish
Pugnacious
-inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
Rabid
- irrationally extreme in opinion or practice
- furious or raging; violently intense
Realm
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
Rejuvenate
V
- to make young again, restore to youthful vigor or appearance
- to restore to a former state; to make fresh or new again
Remunerate
V
-to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc
Sparse
Adj
- thinly scattered or distributed
- not thick or dense
- scanty; meager
Sterling
N
-British currency
Adj
- made of silver of this fineness
- thoroughly excellent
Venture
N
- a risky or daring undertaking
- a business enterprise or speculation in which something is risked in the hopes of profit
V
- to expose to venture; risk
- to be bold enough; dare
Warp
V
- to bend or twist out of shape
- to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.; bias; falsify
- to be or become biased; hold or change and opinion due to prejudice; external influence
N
-an abnormally or perversion in a person’s character
