VOCABULARY UNIT 8

ASSURANCE

• Noun- a pledge,freedom of doubt,self confidence
• Synonyms- promise,sureness,poise
• Antonyms- doubt,insecurity,uncertainty
• Sentence- the Declaration of Independence is an asssurance of american freedom.

ASYLUM

• Noun- a place of safety
• Synonyms- sanctuary,sanatorium
• Antonyms- dAnger
• Sentence- many refugese search asylum in the united stated.

CONSOLE

• Verb-to comfort
• Noun- control pAnel for an electrical device
• Synonyms- solace,alleviate
• Antonyms- distress,torment,bother
• Sentence- i helped console my mother at my grapas funeral.

DILATE

• Verb- to make bigger
• Synonyms- enlarge,expand,prolong
• Antonyms- compress,constrict
• Sentence- the docters dilated my eyes.

DROSS

• Noun- refuse
• Synonyms- trash,dregs,scum
• Antonyms-compress,constrict
• Sentence- for my conuinty service i pcked up dross around the park.

DWINDLE

• Verb- to lessen,diminish
• Synonyms-decrease,fade,shrink
• Antonyms- increase,swell,enlarge
• Sentence- the amonut of smoking teens demishes every day.

FLIPPANT

• Adjective- lacking in seriousness,disrepect
• Synonyms- impudent,frivolous
• Antonyms- serious, respectful
• Sentence-conversation between friends is usally very flippant.

IMMUNITY

• Noun- resitance to disease
• Synonyms-exemption
• Antonyms-vulnerability,exposer
• Sentence-i recived a shot to give me immunity from the chichen pocks.

INSTITUTE

• Verb- to establish, set up
• Synonyms-found, bring about,create
• Antonyms- terminate,discontinue
• Sentence- president obma institued obama care.

LIABLITY

• Noun- a debt
• Synonyms-difficulty,impediment
• Antonyms- advantage,asset
• Sentence-i have a liablity to theba k for taking out collage loans.

PREPOSTEROUS

• Adjective- ridiculous,senseless
• Synonyms-absurd,incedible
• Antonyms-plausible,realistic
• Sentence-the idea of killing the president is preposterous.

PUGNACIOUS

• Adjective- found of fighting
• Synonyms-combative,belligerent
• Antonyms-friendly,amicable
• Sentence-pugnacious people tend to be bullies.

RABID

• Adjective- furious
• Synonyms-zealous,raving,beserk
• Antonyms-moderate,indefferent
• Sentence- people get very rabid when people are being mean.

REALM

• Noun- a kingdom
• Synonyms- domain,duchy
• Antonyms-village, town
• Sentence- the romans ruled a large relm of Europe.

REJUVINATE

• Verb- to make young again
• Synonyms- renew
• Antonyms- wear out,exhaust
• Sentence- many women oay for produvts to rejuvinate there looks.

REMUNERATE

• Verb- to pay or reward
• Synonyms- benefit,profit
• Antonyms- debt
• Sentence- i remunerated the pizza man for his troubles.

SPARSE

• Adjective-meger,scatered
• Synonyms-thin,scanty
• Antonyms-abundant,profuse
• Sentence-the marbles were sparse on the floor.

STERLING

• Adjective-geniune, excellent
• Synonyms-worthy,pure
• Antonyms-shoddy,sham
• Sentence- the worker got a tip for his sterling work.

VENTURE

• Noun-risky or daring undertaking
• Synonyms-gamble,chance
• Antonyms-withdraw, retire
• Sentence- the soldiers ventured into enimy territory.

WARP

• Verb- to twist out of shape
• Synonyms-bend,distort
• Antonyms-straighten,unbend
• Sentence- teh kid warped teh clay into a sculpture.