Anders English 10 Vocabulary Unit 8

(n.) a pledge; freedom from self-doubt; self-confidence

• dross

• liability

• assurance

• immunity

(n.) an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety

• asylum

• realm

• assurance

• venture

(v.) to comfort

(n.) the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

• dwindle

• console

• sterling

• remunerate

(v.) to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

• dilate

• warp

• sparse

• pugnacious

(n.) refuse, waste products

• rejuvenate

• immunity

• asylum

• dross

(v.) to lessen, diminish, decrease

• dilate

• rejuvenate

• dwindle

• institute

(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

• preposterous

• rabid

• sterling

• flippant

(n.) resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

• immunity

• liability

• realm

• venture

(v.) to establish, set up

(n.) an organization for the promotion of learning

• institute

• remunerate

• warp

• console

(n.) a debt; something disadvantageous

• venture

• dross

• liability

• assurance