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Vocabulary Unit 8

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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ASSURANCE

  • (N.) a pledge; freedom from doubt, self confidence
  • Syn: promise
  • Ant: uncertantiy
  • The man walked with great assurance which attracted the ladies.
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ASYLUM

  • (N.) an institution for the care of children, elderly people,place of saftey
  • Syn: sanatrium
  • Ant:none
  • The old retired man lived in an assylum since he could not care for himself any longer.
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CONSOLE

  • (V.) to comfort (n.) the keybord of an organ;a control panel
  • Syn: solace
  • Ant: distress
  • The man was in consoled in his house away from the storm.
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DILATE

  • (V.) To make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
  • Syn: enlarge
  • Ant: compress
  • The air bag dilated when being filled with air.
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DROSS

  • (N.) refuse, waste products
  • Syn: trash
  • Ant:none
  • The garbage man picked up the dross in the street.
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DWINDLE

  • (V.) to lessen, diminish
  • Syn: decrease
  • Ant: increase
  • The mans health dwindled as he grew older.
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FLIPPANT

  • (Adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
  • Syn:insolent
  • Ant:serious
  • The mans flippant joke made the class laugh.
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IMMUNTIY

  • (N.) resistance to disease; freedom from charge or obligation
  • Syn: exemption
  • Ant:none
  • The man was immune from the disease while everyone else was getting sick from it.
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INSTITUTE

  • (V.) to establish, set up; (n.) orginization that promotes learning
  • Syn: found
  • Ant: termitate
  • The president made an institute to help the needy.
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LIABILITY

  • (N.) A debt; something disadvantageous
  • Syn:difficulty
  • Ant:none
  • His liability to transfer information from homework to test is his biggest difficulty.
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PREPOSTEROUS

  • (Adj.) ridiculous, senseless
  • Syn: nonsensical
  • Ant: peace-loving
  • The preposterous reply deserved at least 6 units of jug.
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PUGNACIOUS

  • (Adj.)quarrelsome, fond of finding
  • Syn: combative
  • Ant: peace-loving
  • The boxer was very pugnacious to anyone that made fun of him.
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RABID

  • (Adj.) furious, violentley intense, unreasonably extreme;mad; infected with rabies
  • Syn:zealous
  • Ant:moderate
  • The rabid rabbit cause an evacuation of the camp.
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REALM

  • (N.) a kingdom; a region or field of study
  • Syn: domain
  • Ant: none
  • The realm had many remains of dinosaurs And attracted many archaeologists.
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REJUVENATE

  • (V.) to make young again; to make like new
  • Syn:renew
  • Ant: wear out
  • The make up made the old woman look rejuvenated.
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REMUNERATE

  • (V.) To reward pay, reward
  • Syn: statisfy
  • Ant:none
  • Because of the mans hardwork i remunerated his pay check
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SPARSE

  • (Adj.) meager, scant; scattered
  • Syn: thin
  • Ant:plentiful
  • The man was sparse on water in the desert.
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STERLING

  • (Adj.) genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness
  • Syn:first-rate
  • Ant: shoddy
  • The mans handwriting was very legible and looked sterling on the paper.
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VENTURE

  • (N.) a risky or daring undertaking;(v.) to expose to danger, to dare.
  • Syn:(n.) gamble
  • Ant:(v.) withdraw
  • We went on a venture through the forest.
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WARP

  • (V.) to twist out of shap; (n.) an abnormality.
  • Syn:(v.) bend
  • Ant:(v.) straighten
  • The lacrosse head was warped out of shape.

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