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Unit 8 Vocab

Published on Dec 02, 2015

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ASSURANCE

  • (N.) a pledge
  • Syn. - promise
  • Ant. - uncertainty
  • Is it possible to provide assurance that this food is safe to consume.

ASYLUM

  • (N) an institution for care of children, elderly people, etc.
  • Syn. - sanatorium
  • We had to take our grandmother to an asylum due to her illness.
Photo by Darwin Bell

CONSOLE

  • (V) to comfort
  • Syn. - solace
  • Ant. - distress
  • I needed to console my friend after he got a bad grade.
Photo by Bev Goodwin

DILATE

  • (V) to make or become larger
  • Syn. - enlarge
  • Ant. - compress
  • After getting hit in hockey, his pupils began to dilate.
Photo by Hugo Quintero

DROSS

  • (N) refuse, waste products
  • Syn - trash
  • We have to remove the dross from the backyard and dispose of it properly.

DWINDLE

  • (V) to lessen, diminish
  • Syn. - decrease
  • Ant. - increase
  • His grades dwindled as he stopped doing his homework.
Photo by YoTuT

FLIPPANT

  • (Adj) lacking in seriousness
  • Syn - frivolous
  • Ant - serious
  • The teacher was angry because the class was very flippant.

IMMUNITY

  • (N) resistance to disease
  • Syn - exemption
  • Ant. - vulnerability
  • The boy had immunity towards the deadly disease.
Photo by ~Oryctes~

INSTITUTE

  • (V) to establish, set up
  • Syn - found
  • Ant - terminate
  • We faced St. Joes Collegiate Institute in hockey the other day.

LIABILITY

  • (N) a debt
  • Syn - difficulty
  • Ant. - advantage
  • A limited attention span is his biggest liability.
Photo by jollyUK

PREPOSTEROUS

  • (Adj) rediculous, senseless
  • Syn- absurd
  • Ant- sensible
  • The fact that scientists thought the Earth was flat is preposterous.

PUGNACIOUS

  • (Adj) quarrelsome, fond of fighting
  • Syn- combative
  • Ant- peace-loving
  • The football player was very pugnacious and got a five yard penalty.
Photo by Ed Yourdon

RABID

  • (Adj) furious
  • Syn- zealous
  • Ant- moderate
  • The fight that broke out was very rabid.
Photo by smerikal

REALM

  • (N) a kingdom
  • Syn- domain
  • Starting a new marking period may feal like entering a new realm.
Photo by Peter E. Lee

REJUVENATE

  • (V) to make young again
  • The 90's style was recently rejuvenated
  • Syn - freshen

RENUMERATE

  • (V) To pay an equivalent for
  • Syn - compensate
  • The landlord must remunerate the homeless.
Photo by EJP Photo

SPARSE

  • (Adj) scattered
  • Syn - scant
  • Ant - abundant
  • Open land is sparse around here.
Photo by Horia Varlan

STERLING

  • (Adj) genuine
  • syn. Quality
  • Ant. Cheap
  • The leather from Ralph Lauren was sterling.

VENTURE

  • (N) risky or daring
  • Syn. - gamble
  • Ant - withdraw
  • It took a lot of courage to venture out into the wilderness.
Photo by Matt. Create.

WARP

  • V. To twist out of shape
  • Syn- bend