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Vocab 8
unit 8
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English
9th Grade
01/15/2009

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assurance
Definition
a pledge freedom form doubt self confidence
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asylum
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an institution for the care of children, elderly people etc. a place of safety
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console
Definition
to comfoort the keyboard of an organ a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device
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dilate
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to make or bcome larger or wider, to expand upon
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dross
Definition
refuse waste products
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dwindle
Definition
to lesson, diminish
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flippant
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lacking in seriousness disrescpectful saucy
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immunity
Definition
resistance to disease, freedom from some charge or oblogation
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institute
Definition
to establish, set up an organization for the promotion of learning
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liability
Definition
a debt or something disadvantageous
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preposterous
Definition
ridiculous, senseless
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puganacious
Definition
quarrelsome fond of fighting
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rabid
Definition
furious violently intense, unreasonanly extrene, mad, infected with rabies
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realm
Definition
a kingdom, a region or field of study
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rejuvenate
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to make young again to make like new
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remunerate
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to reward pay reimburse
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sparse
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meager, scant scatted
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sterling
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genuine, excellent made of silver of standaed fineness
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venture
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a risky or daring undertaking, to expose to danger, to dare
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warp
Definition
to twist out of shape, an abnormality
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