vocab 2

Question 1

(n.) a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence

Answer 1

assurance

Question 2

(n.) an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety

Answer 2

asylum

Question 3

(v.) tocomfort: (n.) the keyboard of an organ; acontrol panel for an electrical or mechanical device

Answer 3

console

Question 4

(v.) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

Answer 4

dilate

Question 5

(n.) refuse, waste products

Answer 5

dross

Question 6

(v.) to lessen, diminish

Answer 6

dwindle

Question 7

(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Answer 7

flippant

Question 8

(n.) resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

Answer 8

immunity

Question 9

(v.) to establish, set up; (n.) an organization for the promotion of learning

Answer 9

institute

Question 10

(n.) a debt; something disadvantages

Answer 10

liability

Question 11

(adj.) ridiculous, senseless

Answer 11

preposterous

Question 12

(adj.) quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Answer 12

pugnacious

Question 13

(adj.) furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies

Answer 13

rabid

Question 14

(n.) a kingdom; a region or field of study

Answer 14

realm

Question 15

(v.) to make young again; to make like new

Answer 15

rejuvenate

Question 16

(v.) to reward, pay, reimburse

Answer 16

remunerate

Question 17

(adj.) meager, scant; scattered

Answer 17

sparse

Question 18

(adj.) genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness

Answer 18

sterling

Question 19

(n.) a risky or daring undertaking; (v.) to expose to danger; to dare

Answer 19

venture

Question 20

(v.) to twist out of shape; (n.)a n abnormality

Answer 20

warp