Unit 4 Flashcards

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To find out

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Ascertain

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Associated, connected

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Affiliated

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An accomplishment, an act of achieving

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Attainment

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To give or pass on as an inheritance

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Bequeath

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Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

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Cogent

Adj

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To move toward one point, approach nearer together

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Converge

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To scatter, spread far and wide

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Disperse

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To highly regard, opinion or judgment

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Esteem

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To erase, obliterate, destroy

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Expunge

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Having limits; lasting for a limited time

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Finite

Adj

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Not able to be wounded or hurt

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Invulnerable

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Spiteful, showing ill will

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Malevolent

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Cool and confident, unconcerned

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Nonchalant

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Knowing everything; having limited awareness or understanding

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Omniscient

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

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Panacea

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Exact, careful detailed, having high standards, principled

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Scrupulous

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To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

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Skulk

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Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

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Supercilious

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Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

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Uncanny

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Easily excused; pardonable

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Venial

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