Unit 8 Vocab

Question 1

assurance

Answer 1

a pledge, freedom from doubt, confidence

Question 2

asylum

Answer 2

an institution for care of children, elderly people, etc. place of safety.

Question 3

console

Answer 3

to comfort, the keyboard of an organ or control panel

Question 4

dilate

Answer 4

to make or become larger or wider, to expand upon

Question 5

dross

Answer 5

refuse, waste products

Question 6

dwindle

Answer 6

to lessen, diminish in size

Question 7

flippant

Answer 7

lacking in seriuousness, disrespectful, saucy

Question 8

immunity

Answer 8

resistance to disease, freedom from charge or obligation.

Question 9

institute

Answer 9

to establish, set up, an organization for the promotion of learning.

Question 10

liability

Answer 10

a debt, something disadventagous

Question 11

preposterous

Answer 11

ridiculous, senseless

Question 12

pugnacious

Answer 12

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Question 13

rabid

Answer 13

furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, mad, infected with rabies.

Question 14

realm

Answer 14

a kingdom, a region or feild of study

Question 15

rejuvenate

Answer 15

to make young again, to renew

Question 16

remunerate

Answer 16

to reward, pay, reimberse

Question 17

sparse

Answer 17

meager,scant,scattered

Question 18

sterling

Answer 18

genuine, excellent, of standard quality

Question 19

venture

Answer 19

a risky or daring undertaking, to expose to danger, to dare

Question 20

warp

Answer 20

to twist out of shape, an abnormality.