Vocab 8 - Unit 8

Question 1

Assurance

Answer 1

N
A pledge
Freedom from doubt, self-confidence

Question 2

Asylum

Answer 2

N
An institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.
A place of safety

Question 3

Console

Answer 3

V
To comfort
N
The keyboard of an organ
A control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

Question 4

Dilate

Answer 4

V
To make or become larger or wider
To expand upon

Question 5

Dross

Answer 5

N

Refuse, waste products

Question 6

Dwindle

Answer 6

V

To lessen, diminish

Question 7

Flippant

Answer 7

A
Lacking in seriousness
Disrespectful, saucy

Question 8

Immunity

Answer 8

N
Resistance to disease
Freedom from some charge or obligation

Question 9

Institute

Answer 9

V
To establish, set up
N
An organization for the promotion of learning

Question 10

Liability

Answer 10

N
A debt
Something disadvantageous

Question 11

Preposterous

Answer 11

A

Ridiculous, senseless

Question 12

Pugnacious

Answer 12

A

Quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Question 13

Rabid

Answer 13

A
Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme
Mad
Infected with rabies

Question 14

Realm

Answer 14

N
A kingdom
A region or field of study

Question 15

Rejuvenate

Answer 15

V
To make young again
To make like new

Question 16

Remunerate

Answer 16

V

To reward, pay, reimburse

Question 17

Sparse

Answer 17

A
Meager, scant
Scattered

Question 18

Sterling

Answer 18

A
Genuine, excellent
Made of silver of standard fineness

Question 19

Venture

Answer 19

N
A risky or daring undertaking
V
To expose to danger
To dare

Question 20

Warp

Answer 20

V
To twist out of shape
N
An abnormality