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vocab unit 8
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Term | Definition |
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Assurance | a pleadge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence |
asylum | an institution for the care of children, elderly preople, ect; a place of safety |
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; to expand upon |
dross | refuse, waste products |
dwindle | to lessen, diminish |
flippant | lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, sausy |
immunity | resistance to disease; freedom from some charge of obligation |
institute | to establish, set up; organization that promotes learning |
liability | a debt, something disadvantages |
preposterous | ridiculous, senseless |
pugnacious | quarrelsome, fond of fighting |
rabid | furious, violetly intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies |
realm | a kingdom; a region or field of study |
rejuvenate | to make young again; to make like new |
remunerate | to reward, pay, reimburse |
sparse | meager, scant; scattered |