9th Grade – List 8 (not 7…oops) 1. ASSURANCE (n.) Freedom from doubt; Certainty 2. ASYLUM (n.) A place offering protection and safety; A shelter (n.) A central control panel for a mechanical or electronic CONSOLE 3. system; (v.) To comfort, to give emotional support 4. DILATE (v.) To enlarge in all directions 5. DROSS (n.) Waste, debris, garbage 6. DWINDLE (v.) To diminish or become less 7. FLIPPANT (adj.) Lacking proper respect or seriousness; Disrespectful (n.) Exemption from normal legal duties, penalties, or IMMUNITY 8. liabilities; Resistance to disease (n.) An association organized to promote art, science or INSTITUTE 9. education; (v.) To establish, organize & set in operation, to begin 10. LIABILITY (n.) Something that holds one back; A handicap 11. PREPOSTEROUS (adj.) Utterly ridiculous or absurd 12. PUGNACIOUS (adj.) Fond of fighting; Quarrelsome 13. RABID (adj.) Raging, uncontrollable; Extremely enthusiastic, fanatical 14. REALM (n.) A field of study; A kingdom 15. REJUVENATE (v.) To restore to youth; To renew 16. REMUNERATE (v.) To compensate for; To make payment for (adj.) Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced SPARSE 17. intervals; Not thick or dense 18. STERLING (adj.) Of the highest quality (n.) A risky or dangerous undertaking; (v.) To expose to danger or VENTURE 19. risk (n.) An abnormal condition, state, or quality, an irregularity; 20. WARP (v.) To turn or twist out of shape

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