Word of the Week #3

Jennifer Bilek
Mass Com 100W M/W 12pm
Word #3

Word Assurance

Source: Chris Isidore. (2008, Sept. 19). Will it Work? CNN Money.com.

How it was used: "Other experts said that while there are obviously big risks to taxpayers, the federal government has little choice but to provide the assurance to financial markets."

Definition: (noun)
1. A positive declaration intended to give confidence: He received assurances of support for the project.
2. Promise or pledge; guaranty; surety: He gave his assurance that the job would be done.
3. Full confidence; freedom from doubt; certainty: to act in the assurance of success.
4. Freedom from timidity; self-confidence; belief in one's abilities: She acted with speed and assurance.
5. Presumptuous boldness; impudence.

Your sentence: I was given assurance by my sister that it was safe to jump off the second story but my Mom caught us right before I jumped.