Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Unit 8 Vocabulary:GOULD
Sadlier-Oxford Level D
20
English
9th Grade
03/06/2007
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional English Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
ASSURANCE
 Definition
a pledge; a promise
Term
ASYLYUM
 Definition
a place of safety
Term
CONSOLE
 Definition
to comfort
Term
DILATE
 Definition
to enlarge or make bigger
Term
DROSS
 Definition
trash; waste products
Term
DWINDLE
 Definition
to lessen; to decrease
Term
FLIPPANT
 Definition
disrespectful; lacking seriousness
Term
IMMUNITY
 Definition
resistance to disease
Term
INSTITUTE
 Definition
to establish or set up
to create or make
Term
LIABILITY
 Definition
something disadvantageous;
something that holds you back;
a weakness
Term
PREPOSTEROUS
 Definition
ridiculous; without sense
Term
PUGNACIOUS
 Definition
quarrelsome
Term
RABID
 Definition
irate; furiously angry
Term
REALM
 Definition
a kingdom;
a region belonging to a certain group
Term
REJUVENATE
 Definition
to make young again
Term
REMUNERATE
 Definition
to reward or pay
Term
SPARSE
 Definition
thin; scanty
Term
STERLING
 Definition
outstanding; excellent; superior
Term
VENTURE
 Definition
a risky or daring undertaking
Term
WARP
 Definition
to twist out of shape;
abnormal or distorted
Supporting users have an ad free experience!