vocab 8

Question 1

a pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence

Answer 1

assurance (noun)

Question 2

an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc; a place of safety

Answer 2

Asylum (noun)

Question 3

to comfort or the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electric or mechanical device

Answer 3

console (verb or noun)

Question 4

to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

Answer 4

dilate (verb)

Question 5

refuse, waste products

Answer 5

dross (noun)

Question 6

to lessen, diminish

Answer 6

dwindle (verb)

Question 7

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Answer 7

flippant (adjective)

Question 8

resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

Answer 8

immunity (noun)

Question 9

to establish, set up or organization that promotes learning

Answer 9

institute (verb or noun)

Question 10

a debt; something disadvantageous

Answer 10

liability (noun)

Question 11

ridiculous, senseless

Answer 11

preposterous (adjective)

Question 12

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Answer 12

pugnacious (adjective)

Question 13

furious, violently intense, unreasonable extreme; mad; infected with rabies

Answer 13

rabid (adjective)

Question 14

a kingdom; a region or field of study

Answer 14

realm (noun)

Question 15

to make young again; to make like new

Answer 15

rejuvenate (verb)

Question 16

to reward, pay, reimburse

Answer 16

remunerate (verb)

Question 17

meager, scant; scattered

Answer 17

sparse (adjective)

Question 18

genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fitness

Answer 18

sterling (adjective)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

venture (noun or verb)

Question 20

to twist out of shape or an abnormality

Answer 20

warp (verb or noun)