supercilious

Question 1

supercilious

Answer 1

(adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

Syn.: snobbish, patronizing, overbearing
Ant.: humble, meek, deferential, servile

Question 2

venial

Answer 2

(adj.) easily excused; pardonable

Syn.: excusable, forgivable
Ant.: inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable

Question 3

ascertain

Answer 3

(verb) to find out

Syn.: discover, determine, establish

Question 4

omniscient

Answer 4

(adj.) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding

Syn.: wise, all-knowing
Ant.: ignorant, unknowing

Question 5

uncanny

Answer 5

(adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Syn.: eerie, inexplicable, spooky

Question 6

affiliated

Answer 6

(adj., part.) associated, connected

Syn.: attached, related, jointed
Ant.: dissociated, unconnecte

Question 7

attainment

Answer 7

(noun) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

Syn.: achievement, fulfillment
Ant.: failure, defeat, frustration

Question 8

bequeath

Answer 8

(verb) to give or pass on as an inheritance

Syn.: transmit, bestow, hand down

Question 9

cogent

Answer 9

(adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

Syn.: persuasive, compelling
Ant.: weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant

Question 10

converge

Answer 10

(verb) to move toward one point, approach nearer together

Syn.: meet, unite, intersect, merge
Ant.: diverge, separate

Question 11

disperse

Answer 11

(verb) to scatter, spread far and wide

Syn.: break up, dispel
Ant.: collect, congregate, assemble, muster

Question 12

esteem

Answer 12

(verb) to regard highly; (noun) a highly favorable opinion or judgment

Syn.: (verb) respect, admire, honor, revere
Ant.: (verb) disdain, scorn; (noun) contempt

Question 13

expunge

Answer 13

(verb) to erase, obliterate, destroy

Syn.: delete, efface, annihilate
Ant.: insert, mark, imprint, impress

Question 14

finite

Answer 14

(adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time

Syn.: bounded, measurable
Ant.: unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal

Question 15

invulnerable

Answer 15

(adj.) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack

Syn.: impregnable, impervious, immune
Ant.: exposed, unprotected, defenseless

Question 16

malevolent

Answer 16

adj.) spiteful, showing ill will

Syn.: malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant
Ant.: kind, benevolent, compassionate

Question 17

nonchalant

Answer 17

(adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned

Syn.: composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase
Ant.: perturbed, agitated, disconcerted, abashed

Question 18

panacea

Answer 18

(noun) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

Syn.: universal cure, easy solution

Question 19

scrupulous

Answer 19

(adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

Syn.: painstaking, meticulous, conscientious
Ant.: careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest

Question 20

skulk

Answer 20

(verb) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

Syn.: lurk, slink, prowl