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Week Eight

Vocabulary Words for Week Eight

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Assurance (noun) A pledge or promise to oneself or others; sureness
Asylum (noun) An institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety, refuge
Console (verb or noun) Verb: To comfort, soothe Noun: A control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
Dilate (verb) To make or become larger or wider; to expand upon, enlarge
Dross (noun) Refuse, waste products, trash
Dwindle (verb) To lessen, diminish, "fade out," decrease
Flippant (adjective) Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy
Immunity (noun) Resistance to disease or something harmful; freedom from a charge or obligation
Institute (verb and noun) Verb: To establish, set up Noun: An organization for the promotion of learning
Liability (noun) A debt, something that makes one disadvantaged, a handicap or impairment
Preposterous (adjective) Ridiculous, senseless, absurd
Pugnacious (adjective) Quarrelsome, fond of fighting, argumentative
Rabid (adjective) Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, berserk
Realm (noun) A kingdom, domain, region or field of study (Ex: Astronomy falls within the larger realm of science.)
Rejuvenate (verb) To renew, make young again, revitalize
Remunerate (verb) To reward, pay, reimburse
Sparse (adjective) Meager, scant, scattered, "few and far between"
Sterling (adjective) Genuine, first-rate, made of the finest quality, worthy
Venture (noun and verb) Noun: A risky or daring undertaking, a gamble Verb: To expose to danger, to try, to chance, to undertake
Warp (verb and noun) Verb: To twist out of shape, bend, distort Noun: An abnormality, irregularity
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