Vocabulary Unit #8

1. (n.) a kingdom; a region or field of study.
4. (ad].) furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; intected with rabies.
6. (v.) to establish, set up; (n.) organization that promotes learning.
7. (n,) a risky or daring undertaking; (v,) to expose to danger; to dare.
9. (ad].) lacking in seriousness; disrespectiul, saucy.
11. (v.) to lessen, diminish.
12. (adj,) meager, scant; scattered.
13. (v.) to rake or become larger or wider; to expand upon.
15. (v.) to comfort; (n.) the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device.
18. (n.) a debt; something disadvantageous.
19. (adj.) quarrelsome, fond of fighting.

1. (v.) to reward, pay, reimburse.
2. (n.) resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation.
3. (n.) retuse, waste products.
5. (v.) to make young again; to make like new.
8. (adj.) ridiculous, senseless.
10. (n.) a pledge; freedom from doubt, seif-confidence.
14. (n.) an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety.
16. (ad].) genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness.
17. (v.) to twist out of shape; (n.) an abnormality.