Ch 4 Definitions

Question 1

To find out

Answer 1

Ascertain

Question 2

An accomplishment, the act of achieving

Answer 2

Attainment

Question 3

To give or pass on as inheritance

Answer 3

Bequeath

Question 4

Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

Answer 4

Cogent

Question 5

To move torward one point, approach nearer together

Answer 5

Converge

Question 6

To scatter, spread far and wide

Answer 6

Disperse

Question 7

To regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgment

Answer 7

Esteem

Question 8

To erase, obliterate, destroy

Answer 8

Expunge

Question 9

Having limits, lasting for a limited time

Answer 9

Finite

Question 10

Not being able to be wounded or hurt, shielded against attack

Answer 10

Invulnerable

Question 11

Spiteful, showing I’ll will

Answer 11

Malevolent

Question 12

Cool and confident, unconcerned

Answer 12

Nonchalant

Question 13

Knowing everything, having unlimited awareness or understanding

Answer 13

Omniscient

Question 14

A remedy for all ills; cure-all, an answer to all problems

Answer 14

Panacea

Question 15

Exact, careful, attending through details; having high moral standards, principled

Answer 15

Scrupulous

Question 16

To move about stealthily, to lie in hiding

Answer 16

Skulk

Question 17

Proud and contemptuous, showing scorn because of feeling superiority

Answer 17

Supercilious

Question 18

Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Answer 18

Uncanny

Question 19

Easily excused, pardonable

Answer 19

Venial

Question 20

Associated, connected

Answer 20

Affiliated