Unit 4 vocabulary

Question 0

Define ascertain:

Answer 0

Ascertain: (v) to find out

Synonyms: discover, determine, establish

Question 1

Define affiliated:

Answer 1

Affiliated: (adj) associated, connected

Synonyms: attached, related, joined

Antonyms: dissociated, unconnected

Question 2

Define attainment:

Answer 2

Attainment: (n) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

Synonyms: achievement, fulfillment

Antonyms: failure, defeat, frustration

Question 3

Define bequeath:

Answer 3

Bequeath: (v) to give or pass as an inheritance

Synonyms: transmit, bestow, hand down

Question 4

Define cogent:

Answer 4

Cogent: (adj) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

Synonyms: persuasive, compelling

Antonyms: weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant

Question 5

Define converge:

Answer 5

Converge: (v) to move toward one point, approach nearer together

Synonyms: meet, unite, interest, merge

Antonyms: diverge, separate

Question 6

Define disperse:

Answer 6

Disperse: (v) to scatter, spread far and wide

Synonyms: break up, dispel

Antonyms: collect, congregate, assemble, muster

Question 7

Define esteem:

Answer 7

Esteem: (v) to regard highly; (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgment

Synonyms: respect, admire, honor

Antonyms: disdain, scorn, contempt

Question 8

Define expunge:

Answer 8

Expunge: (v) to erase, obliterate, destroy

Synonyms: delete, efface, annihilate

Antonyms: insert, mark, imprint, impress

Question 9

Define finite:

Answer 9

Finite: (adj) having limits; lasting for limited time

Synonyms: bounded, measurable

Antonyms: unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal

Question 10

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

Synonyms: immune, impervious

Answer 10

Antonyms: exposed, unprotected

Question 11

Define malevolent:

Answer 11

Malevolent: (adj) spiteful, showing ill will

Synonyms: malicious, wicked, sinister

Antonyms: kind, benevolent,

Question 12

Define nonchalant:

Answer 12

Nonchalant: (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned

Synonyms: composed, blasé, unruffled

Antonyms: abashed, perturbed

Question 13

Omniscient: (adj) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding

Synonyms: wise, all-knowing

Answer 13

Antonyms: ignorant, unknowing

Question 14

Define panacea:

Answer 14

Panacea: (n) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

Synonyms: universal cure, easy solution

Question 15

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

Synonyms: painstaking, meticulous

Answer 15

Antonyms: careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest

Question 16

Define skulk:

Answer 16

Skulk: (v) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

Synonyms: lurk, slink, prowl

Question 17

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

Synonyms: snobbish, patronizing, overbearing

Answer 17

Antonyms: humble, meek, deferential, servile

Question 18

Define uncanny:

Answer 18

Uncanny: (adj) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Synonyms: eerie, inexplicable, spooky

Question 19

Define venial:

Answer 19

Venial: (adj) easily excused, pardonable

Synonyms: excusable, forgivable

Antonyms: inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable