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Quiz 12/2/09
English Unit 4 Vocab Quiz Affiliated-Venial
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adj, part) associated, connected. Syn: attached, related, joined. Ant: dissociated, unconnected. | Affiliated |
| (v) to find out. Syn: discover, determine, establish. | Ascertain |
| (n) an accomplishmeant, the act of achieving. Syn: achievement fulfillment. Ant: failure, defeat, frustration. | Attainment |
| (v) to give or pass on as an inheritance. Syn: transmit, bestow, hand down. | Bequeath |
| (adj) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point. Syn: persuasive, compelling. Ant: weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant. | Cogent |
| (v) to move toward one point, approach nearer together. Syn: meet, unite, intersect, merge. Ant: diverge, separate. | Converge |
| (v) to scatter, spread far and wide. Syn: break up, dispel. Ant: collect, congregate, assemble, muster. | Disperse |
| (v) to regard highly; (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgement. Syn: (v) respect, admire, honor, revere. Ant: (v) disdain, scorn; (n) contempt. | Esteem |
| (v) to erase, obliterate, destroy. Syn: delete, efface, annihilate. Ant: insert, mark, imprint, impress. | Expunge |
| (adj) having limits; lasting for a limited time. Syn: bounded, measurable. Ant: unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal. | Finite |
| (adj) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack. Syn: impregnable, impervious, immune. Ant: exposed, unprotected, defenseless. | Invulnerable |
| (adj) spiteful, showing ill will. Syn: malicious, wicked, sinister, maglignant. Ant: kind, benevolent, compassionate. | Malevolent |
| (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned. Syn: composed, unruffled, indifferent, blasé. Ant: perturbed, agitated, diconcerted, abashed. | Nonchalant |
| (adj) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding. Syn: wise, all-knowing. Ant: ignorant, unknowing. | Omniscient |
| (n) a remedy, for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems. Syn: universal cure, easy solution. | Panacea |
| (adj) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled. Syn: painstaking, meticulous, conscientious. Ant: careless, negligible, remiss, dishonest. | Scrupulous |
| (v) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding. Syn: lurk, slink, prowl. | Skulk |
| (adj) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority. Syn: snobbish, patronizing, overbearing. Ant: humble, meek, deferential, servile. | Supercilious |
| (adj) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation. Syn: eerie, inexplicable, spooky. | Uncanny |
| (adj) easily excused; pardonable. Syn: excusable, forgivable. Ant: inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable. | Venial |