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Vocabulary #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| affiliated | adjective, participle associated, connected |
| ascertain | verb to find out |
| attainment | noun an accomplishment; the act of achieving |
| bequeath | verb to give or pass on as an inheritance |
| cogent | adjective forceful, convincing; relevant; to the point |
| converge | verb to move toward one point, approach nearer together |
| disperse | verb to scatter, spread far and wide |
| esteem | verb - to regard highly noun - a highly favorable opinion or judgment |
| expunge | verb to erase, obliterate, destroy |
| finite | adjective having limits; lasting for a limited time |
| invulnerable | adjective not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack |
| malevolent | adjective spiteful, showing ill will |
| nonchalant | adjective cool and confident; unconcerned |
| omniscient | adjective knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding |
| panacea | noun a remedy for all ills, cure-all; an answer to all problems |
| scrupulous | adjective exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled |
| skulk | verb to move about steathily; to lie in hiding |
| supercilious | adjective proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority |
| uncanny | adjective strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation |
| venial | adjective easily excused; pardonable |
| synonym for supercillious | snobbish, patronizing, overbearing |
| synonym for scrupulous | painstaking, meticulous, conscientious |
| synonym for nonchalant | composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase |
| synonym for skulk | to lurk, slink, prowl |
| synonym for bequeath | to hand down, transmit, bestow |
| synonym for esteem | to respect, admire, honor, revere |
| synonym for invulerable | impregnable, impervious, immune |
| synonym for uncanny | eerie, inexplicable, spooky |
| synonym for affiliated | attached, related joined to |
| synonym for converge | to meet, unite, intersect, merge |
| synonym for panacea | a universal cure, an easy solution |
| synonym for expunge | to delete, efface, annihilate |
| synonym for cogent | persuasive, compelling |
| synonym for omniscient | wise, all-knowing |
| synonym for venial | excusable, forgivable |
| synonym for ascertain | to discover, find out, determine, establish |
| synonym for finite | limited, bounded, measurable |
| synonym for attainment | an achievement, fulfillment |
| synonym for disperse | to break up, scatter, dispel |
| antonym for omnicient | ignorant, unknowing |
| antonym for scrupulous | careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest |
| antonym for esteem | disdain, scorn, contempt |
| antonym for malevolent | kind, benevolent, compassionate |
| antonym for attainment | a failure, defeat, frustration |
| antonym for disperse | to collect, congregate, assemble, muster |
| antonym for invulnerable | exposed, unprotected, defenseless |
| antonym for finite | unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal |
| antonym for supercillious | humble, meek, deferential, servile |
| antonym for nonchalant | perturbed, agitated, disconcerted, abashed |
| antonym for cogent | unconvincing, weak, ineffective, irrelevant |
| antonym for venial | unpardonable, unforgivable, inexcusable |
| antonym for affiliated | unconnected, dissociated |
| antonym for converge | to diverge, separate, go separate ways |