Vocab 10 Flashcards
noun: a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence
assurance
noun: an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety
asylum
verb: to comfort
noun :the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
console
verb: to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
dilate
noun: refuse, waste products
Dross
verb: to lessen, diminish
dwindle
Adj: lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
flippant
noun: resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation
immunity
verb: to establish, set up
noun: an organization for the promotion of learning
institute
noun: a debt; something disadvantageous
liability
adj: ridiculous, senseless
preposterous
Adj: quarrelsome, fond of fighting
pugnacious
Adj: furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies
Rabid
noun: a kingdom; a region or field of study
Realm
verb: to make young again; to make like new
rejuvenate
verb: to reward, pay, reimburse
Remunerate
Adj: meager, scant; scattered
sparse
Adj: genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness
sterling
noun: a risky or daring undertaking
verb: to expose to danger; to dare
Venture
verb: to twist out of shape
noun: an abnormality
warp
Hidden, secret
-crypt, -crypH
People
-dem, -demo
through, across
-dia-
