Unit 8 Vocab Words

assurance

• N; a pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence

• to make or become wider, expand upon

asylum

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

• refuse, waste products

console

• to lessen, diminish

• v or n; (V): to comfort; (N): the keyboard of an organ, a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

dilate

• V; to make or become larger or wider, expand upon

• lacking in seriousness, disrespect, saucy

dross

• N; refuse, waste product

• resistance to disease, freedom from some charge or obligation

dwindle

• lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy

• V; to lessen, diminish

flippant

• adj; lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy

• a debt, something disadvantageous

immunity

• n; resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

• a debt, something disadvantageous

institute

• ridiculous, senseless

• V or N; (V): to establish, set up, (N): organization that promotes learning

liability

• quarrelsome, fond of fighting

• N; a debt, something disadvantageous