Vocabulary Quiz #8 Practice

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Assurance

• pledge; freedom from doubt

• ridiculous; senseless

• to make young again; make like new

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Asylum

• a place of safety

• quarrelsome; fond of fighting

• kingdom; a region

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Console

• to comfort

• a risky or daring undertaking

• to make young again; make like new

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Dilate

• to make or become larger; to expand

• easy to understand, clear

• meager, scant, scattered

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Dross

• refuse, waste products

• a debt; something disadvantageous

• genuine, excellent

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Dwindle

• to lesson, diminish

• to twist out of shape

• the highest point, tip

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Flippant

• lacking in seriousness; disrespectful

• to establish, set up

• ridiculous; senseless

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Immunity

• resistant to disease

• the time between

• a debt; something disadvantageous

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Institute

• to establish, set up

• a kingdom; a region

• quarrelsome; fond of fighting

Match the word to the best definition or synonym: Liability

• a debt; something disadvantageous

• genuine, excellent

• resistant to disease