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