Vocabulary Vol.8
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- Assurance
- n. a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence
- Asylum
- n. an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety.
- console
- v. to comfort; n. the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
- dilate
- v. to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
- dross
- n. to refuse, waste products
- dwindle
- v. to lesson, diminish
- flippant
- adj. lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
- immunity
- n. resistance to disease; freedom from same charge or obligation
- institute
- v. to establish, set up; N. an organization fro the promotion of learning
- liability
- n. a dept; something disadvantageous
- preposterous
- adj. ridiculous, senseless
- pugnacious
- adj. quarrelsome, fond of fighting
- rabid
- adj. furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies
- realm
- n. a kingdom; a region or field of study.
- rejuvenate
- v. to make young again; to make like new
- remunerate
- v. to reward, pay, reimburse
- spare
- adj. meager, scant; scattered
- sterling
- adj. genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fitness
- venture
- n. a risky or daring undertaking; v. to expose to danger; to dare
- warp
- v. to twist out of shape; n. an abnormality