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Vocab List 4
Vocabulary List 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affiliated | associated, connected |
| Ascertain | to find out |
| Attainment | an accomplishment, the act of achieving |
| Bequeath | to give or pass on as an inheritance |
| Cogent | forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point |
| Converge | to move toward one point, approach nearer together |
| Disperse | to scatter, spread far and wide |
| Esteem | to regard highly; (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgment |
| Expunge | to erase, obliterate, destroy |
| Finite | having limits; lasting for a limited time |
| Invulnerable | not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack |
| Malevolent | spiteful, showing ill will |
| Nonchalant | cool and confident, unconcerned |
| Omniscient | knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding |
| Panacea | a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems |
| Scrupulous | exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled |
| Skulk | to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding |
| Supercilious | proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority |
| Uncanny | strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation |
| Venial | easily excused; pardonable |