vocab 8

  1. a pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence
    assurance
  2. an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc; a place of safety
    asylum
  3. to comfort
    console
  4. to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon
    dilate
  5. refuse, waste products
    dross
  6. to lessen, diminish
    dwindle
  7. lacking in seriousness; disrespectful
    flippant
  8. resistance to disease; freedom from some change or obligation
    immunity
  9. to establish; set up
    an organization for the promotion or learning
    institute
  10. a debt; something disadvantageous
    liability
  11. ridiculous, senseless
    preposterous
  12. quarrelsome, fond of fighting
    pugnacious
  13. furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies
    rabid
  14. a kingdom; a region or field of study
    realm
  15. to make young again; to make like new
    rejuvinate
  16. to reward, pay, reimburse
    remunerate
  17. meager, scant;scattered
    sparse
  18. genuine, excellent; made of silver of stranded fineness
    sterling
  19. a risky or daring undertaking
    to expose to danger; to dare
    venture
  20. to twist out of shape
    an abnormality
    warp
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vocab 8
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