9 Vocabulary 8

Question 1

a pledge; freedom from doubt; self-confidence

Answer 1

assurance

Question 2

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

Answer 2

asylum

Question 3

to comfort

Answer 3

console

Question 4

to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

Answer 4

dilate

Question 5

trash; waste products

Answer 5

dross

Question 6

to lessen or diminish

Answer 6

dwindle

Question 7

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Answer 7

flippant

Question 8

resistance to disease

Answer 8

immunity

Question 9

to establish, set up

Answer 9

institute

Question 10

a debt; something disadvantageous

Answer 10

liability

Question 11

ridiculous; senseless

Answer 11

preposterous

Question 12

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Answer 12

pugnacious

Question 13

furious, violently intense, unreasonable extreme; mad; infected with rabies

Answer 13

rabid

Question 14

a kingdom; a region or field of study

Answer 14

realm

Question 15

to make young again; to make like new

Answer 15

rejuvenate

Question 16

to reward, pay, reimburse

Answer 16

remunerate

Question 17

meager, scant; scattered

Answer 17

sparse

Question 18

genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness

Answer 18

sterling

Question 19

a risky or daring undertaking

Answer 19

venture

Question 20

to twist out of shape

Answer 20

warp