Unit 8

Question 1

Asylum

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Console

Answer 2

To comfort; the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

Question 3

Dilate

Answer 3

To make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

Question 4

Dross

Answer 4

Refuse, waste products

Question 5

Dwindle

Answer 5

To lessen, diminish

Question 6

Flippant

Answer 6

Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Question 7

Immunity

Answer 7

Resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

Question 8

Institute

Answer 8

To establish, set up; organization that promotes learning

Question 9

Liability

Answer 9

A debt; something disadvantageous

Question 10

Preposterous

Answer 10

Ridiculous, senseless

Question 11

Pugnacious

Answer 11

Quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Question 12

Rabid

Answer 12

Furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies

Question 13

Realm

Answer 13

A kingdom; a region or field of study

Question 14

Rejuvenate

Answer 14

To make young again; to make like new

Question 15

Remunerate

Answer 15

To reward, pay, reimburse

Question 16

Sparse

Answer 16

Neither, scant; scattered

Question 17

Sterling

Answer 17

Genuine, excellent; Made of silver of standard fineness

Question 18

Venture

Answer 18

A risky or daring undertaking; to exposed to danger; to dare

Question 19

Warp

Answer 19

To twist out of shape; an abnormality

Question 20

Assurance

Answer 20

A pledge; freedom from doubt, self confidence