English 1 List #8 Vocabulary

to comfort; the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

• sparse
• console
• sterling
• warp

to lessen; diminish

• console
• liability
• preposterous
• dwindle

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful

• flippant
• preposterous
• pugnacious
• venture

a debt; something disadvantageous

• dwindle
• venture
• liability
• sterling

ridiculous; senseless

• dwindle
• pugnacious
• sparse
• preposterous

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

• warp
• pugnacious
• sterling
• flippant

meager; scant; scattered

• sparse
• flippant
• dwindle
• venture

genuine; excellent; made of silver

• liability
• sterling
• venture
• console

a risky or daring undertaking; to expose to danger; to dare

• flippant
• warp
• preposterous
• venture

to twist out of shape; an abnormality; to bend, distort, misshape

• dwindle
• liability
• warp
• pugnacious