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Assurance
- Noun: freedom from doubt, self-confidence
- Syn: promise, sureness, poise, self-possesion
- Ant: uncertainty, doubt, insecurity
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Asylum
- Noun: an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety
- Syn: sanatorium, sanctuary, refuge
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Console
- Verb: to comfortr
- Noun: the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
- Syn: soothe, solace, alleviate
- Ant: distress, aggravate, bother, vex, torment
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Dilate
- Verb: make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
- Syn: enlarge, expand, swell, prolong
- Ant: compact, compress, constrict
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Dross
- Noun: refuse, waste products
- Syn: rubbish, trash, detritus, dregs, scum
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Dwindle
- Verb: to lessen, diminish
- Syn: decrease, shrink, fade, peter out
- Ant: increase, enlarge, swell, proliferate
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Flippant
- Adj: lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
- Syn: frivolous, impudent, impertinent, insolent
- Ant: serious, respectful, deferential, obsequious
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Immunity
- Noun: resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation
- Syn: exemption, impunity
- Ant: vulnerability, susceptibility, exposure
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Institute
- Verb: to establish, set up
- Noun: an organization for the promotion of learning
- Syn: found, bring about; academy
- Ant: terminate, discontinue, demolish, raze
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Liability
- Noun: a debt; something disadvantageous
- Syn: handicap, difficulty, impediment, drawback
- Ant: advantage, asset
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Preposterous
- Adj: ridiculous, senseless
- Syn: nonsensical, absurd, incredible
- Ant: sensible, reasonable, realistic, plausible
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Pugnacious
- Adj: quarrelsome, fond of fighting
- Syn: argumentative, combative, beligerent
- Ant: peace-loving, friendly, amicable, congenial
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Rabid
- Adj: furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, mad; infected with rabies
- Syn: fanatical, zealous, raving, infuriated, berserk
- Ant: moderate, restrained, blasé, indifferent
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Realm
- Noun: a kingdom; a region or field of study
- Syn: domain, duchy, bailiwick, jurisdiction
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Rejuvenate
- Verb: make young again, make like new
- Syn: revitalize, renew
- Ant: wear out exhaust, enervate, debilitate
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Remunerate
- Verb: to reward, pay, reimburse
- Syn: compensate, satisfy, profit, benefit
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Sparse
- Adj: meager, scant; scattered
- Syn: thin, scanty, few and far between
- Ant: plentiful, abundant, profuse, teeming
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Sterling
- Adj: genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness
- Syn: first-rate, outstanding, worthy, pure
- Ant: mediocre, shoddy, second-rate, sham
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Venture
- Noun: a risky or daring undertaking
- Verb: to expose to danger; to dare
- Syn: gamble; try, chance, undertake
- Ant: withdraw, retire, shrink from, shy away
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Warp
- Verb: twist out of shape
- Noun: an abnormality
- Syn: bend, distort, misshape; irregularity
- Ant: straighten, unbend, rectify
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