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Unit 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| affiliated | associated, connected S- attached, related, joined |
| ascertain | to find out S- discover. determine, establish |
| attainment | an accomplishment; the act of achieving S- achievement, fulfillment |
| bequeath | to give or pass on as an inheritance S- transmit, bestow, hand down |
| cogent | forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point S- persuasive, compelling |
| converge | to move toward one point, approach nearer together S- meet, unite, intersect, merge |
| disperse | to scatter, spread far and wide S- break up, dispel |
| esteem | to regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement S- respect,admire, honor, revere |
| expunge | to erase, obliterate, destroy S- delete, efface, annihilate |
| finite | having limits S- bounded, measurable |
| invulnerable | not able to be wounded or hurt S- impregnable, impervious, immune |
| malevolent | spiteful, showing ill will S- malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant |
| nonchalant | cool and confident, unconcerned S- composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase |
| omniscient | knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding S- wise, all-knowing |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems S- universal cure, easy solution |
| scrupulous | exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled S- painstaking, meticulous, conscientious |
| skulk | to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding S- lurk, slink, prowl |
| supercilious | proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority S- snobbish, patronizing, overbearing |
| uncanny | strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation S- eerie, inexplicable, spooky |
| venial | easily excused; pardonable S- excusable, forgivable |