VOCAB 8

ASSURANCE

• (n.) a pledge
• promise
• uncertainty
• The police gave the hostage assurance.

ASYLUM

• (n.) a place of safety
• sanitorium, sanctuary
• The man saught asylum in America

CONSOLE

• (v.) to comfort
• solace
• distress
• The dad consoled his kid for the death of his fish.

DILATE

• (v.) to become larger
• enlarge
• compress

DROSS

• (n.) refuse
• scum
• The garbage truck picked up the dross.

DWINDLE

• (v.)to lessen
• shrink
• enlarge
• What was left of the snow dwindled as it got closer to spring.

FLIPPANT

• (adj.) lacking in seriousness
• frivilous
• serious
• His reesponse was flippant after his mom asked him to babysit.

IMMUNITY

• (n.) resistance to diseases
• exemption
• vulnerability
• The man had a special immunity to the virus.

INSTITUTE

• (v.) to establish
• bring about
• terminate
• Rick wanted to go to the institute of technology.

LIABILTY

• (n.) a debt
• impediment
• advantage
• The snitch was a liabilty to Tom after the crime.

PREPOSTEROUS

• (adj.) ridiculous
• nonsensical
• sensible
• The teenager made a preposterous decision when he drank.

PUGNACIOUS

• (adj.) quarrelsome
• combative
• peaceful
• The dog was very pugnacious when he saw other dogs.

RABID

• (adj.)furious
• zealous
• moderate
• The squirrel was rabid and bit someone.

REALM

• (n.) a kingdom
• domain
• The science major had a different realm than the artist.

REJUVENATE

• (v.) to make young again
• renew
• wear out
• The cream was said to rejuvenate the skin.

RENUMERATE

• (v.)
• satisfy
• The man renumerated the seller for th item.

SPARSE

• (adj.) meager
• thin
• plenty
• The Christmas tree they bought was very sparse.

STERLING

• (adj.) geniune
• worthy
• shoddy
• The babysitter noticed the childs sterling behavior.

VENTURE

• (n.) a risky undertaking
• gamble
• withdraw
• The group had to venture into the group of zombies.

WARP

• (v.) to twist out of shape
• bend
• unbend
• The wood began to warp as the weather changed.