(CP) English: Vocabulary - Chapter 8

Vocabulary: Chapter 8

Assurance

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

Asylum

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

Console

(v) to comfort; (n) the keyboard of an organ; a control panal for an electric of mechanical device

Dilate

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

Dross

(n) refuse, waste products

Dwindle

(v) to lessen, diminish

Flippant

(adj) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, sausy

Immunity

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

Institute

(v) to establish, set up; (n) organization that promotes learning

Liabilit

(n) a debt; something disadantageous

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 of field of study

Rejuvenate

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

Remunerate

(v) to rweard, pay, reimburse

Sparse

(adj) meager, scant; scattered

Sterling

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

Venture

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

Warp

(v) to twist out of shape; (n) an abnormality