Vocab 8

Question 1

assurance

Answer 1

a pledge; freedom from doubt self-confidence

Question 2

asylum

Answer 2

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

Question 3

console

Answer 3

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

Question 4

dilate

Answer 4

to make of become larger or wider; to expand upon

Question 5

dross

Answer 5

refuse, waste products

Question 6

dwindle

Answer 6

to lessen, diminish

Question 7

flippant

Answer 7

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Question 8

immunity

Answer 8

resistance to disease; freedom from some 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 disadvantageous

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 field of study

Question 15

rejuvenate

Answer 15

to make young again; to make like new

Question 16

remunerate

Answer 16

to reward, pay, reimburse

Question 17

sparse

Answer 17

meager, scant; scattered

Question 18

sterling

Answer 18

genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness

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