VOCABULARY UNIT 8

ASSURANCE

• A pledge, freedom from doubt
• Syn: promise, sureness
• Ant: uncertainty, doubt
• Noun

ASYLUM

• An institution for care; place of safety
• Syn: sanatorium, sanctuary
• Noun

CONSOLE

• To comfort; keyboard
• Syn: solace, alleviate
• Ant: distress, aggravate
• Verb, Noun

DILATE

• to make larger or wider
• Syn: enlarge, expand
• Ant: compress, constrict
• Verb

DROSS

• Refuse, waste products
• Syn: trash, detritus, dregs
• Noun

DWINDLE

• To lessen, diminish
• Syn: decrease, Peter out
• Ant: swell, proliferate
• Verb

FLIPPANT

• Lacking in seriousness
• Syn: frivolous, impudent
• Ant: deferential, obsequious
• Adjective

IMMUNITY

• resistance to disease, free
• Syn: exemption
• Ant: vulnerability, exposure
• Noun

INSTITUTE

• To establish; organization
• Syn: bring about; academy
• Ant: terminate, raze
• Verb, Noun

LIABILITY

• A debt; something advantageous
• Syn: difficulty, impediment
• Ant: advantage, asset
• Noun

PREPOSTEROUS

• Ridiculous, senseless
• Syn: nonsensical, absurd
• Ant: sensible, plausible
• Adjective

PUGNACIOUS

• Quarrelsome, fond of fights
• Syn: combative, belligerent
• Ant: amicable, congenial
• Adjective

RABID

• Furious, violently intense
• Syn: zealous, raving
• Ant: moderate, blasé
• Adjective

REALM

• A kingdom; field of study
• Syn: domain, bailiwick
• Noun

REJUVENATE

• To make young again
• Syn: renew
• Ant: enervate, debilitate
• Verb

REMUNERATE

• To reward, pay, reimburse
• Syn: satisfy, profit
• Verb

SPARSE

• Meager, scant; scattered
• Syn: thin, scanty, few
• Ant: plentiful, teeming
• Adjective

STERLING

• Genuine, excellent
• Syn: outstanding, worthy
• Ant: shoddy, sham
• Adjective

VENTURE

• A risky or daring undertaking
• Syn: gamble; undertake
• Ant: withdraw, retire
• Noun, Verb

WARP

• To twist out of shape
• Syn: bend, distort, mishape
• Ant: straighten, unbend
• Verb, Noun