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Vocabtest Unit 4 Sop

Unit 4 Sophomore Definition, Synonyms, sentences

Word Definition Synonyms Sentence
Affiliated Being joined in close association allied; associated; united; joined She was AFFILIATED with the "poetry slam club" and the "you got served club," which are two clubs it is pretty cool to be associated with.
Ascertain to discovered with certainly, as through examination or experimentation determine; established; discovered; find out I sent my lackey into the party to ASCERTAIN whether it was worth going to, but he never came back to tell me what he could find out.
Attainment an accomplishment or achievement that is gained or reached achievement; accomplishment; skill; talent We were all pleased with your ATTAINMENT of the gold medal, but do you need to flaunt your accomplishments by wearing them around your neck?
Bequeath to give by will leave; give; donate; bestow When she died, she decided to BEQUEATH her collection of porcelain dolls to me, which is not the most manly thing to inherit.
Cogent appealing to the mind or to reason, convincing convincing; rational; logical; coherent He offered a(n) COGENT argument for supporting communism, but I'm still not convinced by it
Converge to cause to incline and approach nearer together meet; join; unite; congregate When the walls started closing in on us, we began to CONVERGE on each other until Brian used a paperclip and a rubber band to somehow stop the walls from moving.
Disperse To drive off or scatter in different directions scatter; separate; dissolve; break up When we dumped our garbage out the skyscraper's window, it began to DISPERSE all over tourists heads, causing a mess all over the street.
Esteem A favorable opinion or judgement, to regard with respect value; admire; respect; regard His self ESTEEM was at an all time low when he lost the game but he would feel better about himself during the following game.
Expunge to eliminate completely, annihilate erase; remove; destroy; delete We need to EXPUNGE all traces that we were at the Watergate Hotel and not leave any evidence behind.
Finite Limited limited; fixed; predetermined; set The game is played with FINITE borders which we can measure with a ruler.
Invulnerable that can not be wounded or hurt untouchable; secure; safe The fortress of solitude is INVULNERABLE to any sort of attack, but its weak spot is that there's no real way to lock the front door.
Malevolent Wishing evil to others spiteful; wicked; nasty; mean The evil sorcerer felt MALEVOLENT toward all steelworkers but later found out in therapy that his ill-will was due to some unresolved issues with his father.
Nonchalant Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent casual; relaxed; indifferent; unconcerned Attempting to look cool, he acted very NONCHALANT around the spider, but screamed like a little girl when it got too close.
Ominsicient Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge all-knowing; knowledgeable; wise; almighty The unbeatable quiz show contestant seemed OMNISCIENT until he was faced with questions about celebrity gossip.
Panacea a cure-all cure; solution; answer; remedy The doctor said he was from the future and gave me a PANACEA that not only cured my smallpox, but also got rid of my canker sores and regenerated my severed hand!
Scrupulous Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong conscientious; pious; principled; moral The Puritan minister was very SCRUPULOUS in all of his actions, taking weird precautions like never going out on a full moon, in an effort not to fall victim to sin.
Uncanny Peculiarly unsettling, as if supernatural origin or nature, eerie eerie; strange; mysterious; weird The resemblance of this tree trunk to Phil Collins is pretty UNCANNY, making me wonder if the tree possesses some eerie kinship to the talented Drummer/Singer.
Venial Capable of being forgiven excusable; pardonable; forgivable; minor Although egging cars was a VENIAL offense, we wanted to show the kids that the path to being a gang leader begins with petty crimes, so we sent them to jail.
Supercilious lofty with pride arrogant; condescending; pompous; snooty The rich wife was very SUPERCILIOUS toward everyone in town, making them all feel low compared to her, until the F.B.I. investigated her fortune and she lost it all.
Skulk to move about stealthy lurk; prowl; creep; loiter It's important to SKULK when you're playing with waterguns, but you might be mistaken for a burglar if you sneak around like that, so be careful of crazy gun nuts.
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