CHAPTER 8 VOCAB

ASSURANCE

• (N) a pledge, confident
• Syn: promis
• Ant:lying
• The walked with great assurance with his headheld high.

ASYLUM

• (N)place of safty
• Syn:refuge
• Ant:none
• The young man was placed in an asylum because he ate a cat.

CONSOLE

• (V) to comfort (n) control
• Syn:solace
• Ant:troubled
• The tv fell of the console and cracked the screen.

DILATE

• (V) to expand
• Syn:enlarge
• Ant:close-up
• The air bag dilated when it hit the tree.

DROSS

• (N) trash, waste products
• Syn: garbage
• Ant: quality
• The man took out his dross garbage.

DWINDLE

• (V) lessen, demolish
• Syn:decrease
• Ant:increase
• The old mans heath dwindled after his heart attack.

FLIPPANT

• (AdJ) churlish
• SYN: disrespect
• ANT: serious
• The flippant boy mad the class laugh.

IMMUNITY

• (N) reistant from desiese
• Syn:exemption
• Ant:none
• They boys immunity to the desiese let him not get the flue.

INSTITUTE

• (V) to set up
• Syn:establish
• Ant:terminate
• The institution helped the needy.

LIABILITY

• (N) debt
• Syn: troubleing
• Ant:easy
• The man surpassed the liability by climbing a mountian.

PREPOSTEROUS

• (Adj) rediculous
• Syn: extravagant
• Ant: peaceful
• The preposterous man lerked in the shadows.

PUGNACIOUS

• (Adj) quarrel
• Syn:combative
• Ant:kind
• It is better if a fighter is pugnatious

RABID

• (Adj) violently intense
• Syn: furious
• Ant: friendly
• The rabid cat bit the human.

REALM

• (N)a specialty
• Syn: kingdome
• Ant:none
• The kings realm made disney land look huge.

REJUVENATE

• (V) to make young again
• Syn:rebirth
• Ant:death
• The man had to rejuvenate after skiing.

REMUNERATE

• (V) reward,
• Syn:satisfy
• Ant:none
• The dog was remunerated after his big bone.

SPARSE

• (Adj)meager
• Syn:scattered
• Ant:full
• The sparse dessert made the customer angry.

STERLING

• (Adj) genuine
• Syn:excellent
• Any:shabby
• The silver ware was sterling.

VENTURE

• (N)risky
• Syn:gamble
• Ant:withdraw
• The dog ventured through the woods.

WARP

• (V)twist, flex
• Syn:bend
• Ant:flat
• The wood was warped