Unit 8 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Assurance	A pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence.
Asylum	An intuition for he care of children, elderly people, etc.
Console	To comfort, the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device.
Dilate	To make or become larger or wider.
Dross	Refuse, waste products.
Dwindle	To lessen, diminish.
Flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy.
Immunity	Resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation.
Institute	To establish, set up.
Liability	A debt; something disadvantageous.
Preposterous	ridiculous, senseless.
Pugnacious	Quarrelsome, fond of fighting.
Rabid	Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies.
Realm	A kingdom; a religion or field of study.
Rejuvenate	To make young again; to make like new.
Remunerate	To reward, pay, reimburse.
Sparse	Meager, scant; scattered.
Sterling	Genuine, excellent; made of slver of standard fineness.
Venture	A risky or daring undertaking; to expose to danger; to dare.
Warp	To twist out of shape; an abnormality.

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