Unit 4 Vocab
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- esteem
- to regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement. Synonyms- respect, admire, honor, revere
- bequeath
- to give or pass on as an inheritance. Synonyms- transmit, bestow, hand down
- skulk
- to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding. Synonyms- lurk, slink, prowl.
- nonchalant
- cool and confident, unconcerned. Synonyms- composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase
- ascertain
- to find out. Synonyms- discover, determine, establish
- supercilious
- proud and contemptuous; showing scorn beacause of a feeling of superiority. Synonyms- snobbish, patronizing, overbearing
- cogent
- forceful, convincing; relevent, to the point. Synonyms- persuasive, compelling
- expunge
- to erase, obliterate, destroy. Synonyms- delete, efface, annihilate.
- attainment
- an accomplishment, the act of achieving. Synonyms- achievement fulfillment
- uncanny
- strange, mysterious, weird; beyond explanation. Synonyms- eerie, inexplicable, spooky
- scrupulous
- exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high morals standards, principled. Synoyms- painstaking, meticulous, conscientious
- finite
- having limits; lasting for a long time. Synonyms- bounded, measurable
- disperse
- to scatter, spread far and wide. Synonyms- break up, dispel
- affiliated
- associated, connected. Synonyms- attached, related, joined
- venial
- easily excused; pardonable. Synonyms- excusable, forgivable.
- invulnerable
- not able to be wounded or hurt; sheilded against attack. Synonyms- impregnable, impervious, immune.
- converge
- to move toward one point, approach nearer together. Synonyms- meet, unite, intersect, merge
- omniscient
- knowing everything; having unlimited awaremenss or understanding. Synonyms- wise, all-knowing
- panacea
- a remedy for all ills; cure-all, an answer to all problems. Synonyms- universal cure, easy solution.
- malevolent
- spiteful, showing ill will. Synonyms- malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant.