asylum (uh SYE lum) n refuge; a place of safety
Mnemonic:- “The woods are my asylum,” Marjorie said. “I go there to escape the insanity of the
world.” - The United States granted asylum to the political dissidents from a foreign country, thus
permitting them to remain in the United States and not forcing them to return to their
native country, where they certainly would have been imprisoned.
callous (KAL us) adj insensitive; emotionally hardened
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