noun

a pledge, freedom from doubt, self-confidence

Syn: promise, sureness, poise, self-possession

Ant: unertainty, doubt, insecurity

noun

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

Syn: sanatorium, sanctaury, refuge

verb/noun

v) to comfort n) the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device

Syn: v) soothe, solace, alleviate

Ant: v) distress, aggravate, bother, vex, torment 

verb

to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

Syn: enlarge, expand, swell, prolong

Ant: contract, compress, constrict

noun

refuse, waste products

Syn: rubbish, trash, detritus, dregs, scum

verb

to lessen, diminish

Syn: descrease, shrink, fade, peter out

Ant: increase, enlarge, swell, proliferate

adjective

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

Syn: frivolous, impudent, impertinent, insolent

Ant: serious, respectful, deferential, obsequious

noun

resistence to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation

Syn: exemption, impunity

Ant: vulnerability, susceptibility, exposure

verb/noun

v) to establish, set up

n) an organization for the promotion of learning

Syn:v) found, bring about, n) academy

Ant:v) terminate, discontinue, demolish, raze

noun

a debt; something disadvantageous

Syn: handicap, difficulty, impediment, drawback

Ant: advantage, asset

adjective

ridiculous, senseless

Syn: nonsensical, absurd, incredible

Ant: sensible, reasonable, realisitic, plausible

adjective

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Syn: argumentive, combative, belligerent

Ant: peace-loving, friendly, amicable, congenial

adjective

furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, mad, infected w/ rabies

Syn: fanatical, zealous, raving, infuriataed, beserk

Ant: moderate, restrained, blasé, indifferent

noun

a kingdom, a region or field of study

Syn: domain, duchy, bailiwik, jurisdiction

verb

to make young again; to make like new

Syn: revitalize, renew

Ant: wear out, exhaust, enervate, debilitate

verb

to reward, pay, reimburse

Syn: compensate, satisfy, profit, benefit

adjective

meager, scant, scattered

Syn: thin, scanty, few and far between

Ant: plentiful, abundant, profuse, teeming

adjective

genuine, excellent, made of silver of standard fineness

Syn: first-rate, outstanding, worthy, pure

Ant: mediocre, shoddy, second-rate, sham

noun/verb

n) a risky or daring undertaking

v) to expose to danger, to dare

Syn:n) gamble, v) try chance, undertake

Ant:v) withdraw, retire, shrink from, shy away

verb/noun

v) to twist our of shape

n) an abnormality

Syn:v) bend, distort, misshape n) irregularity

Ant:v) straighten, unbend, rectify