Vocab Sec. 4 Flashcards

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Ascertain

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To find out

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Attainment

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An accomplishment; the act of achieving

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Bequeath

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To give or pass as an inheritance

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Cogent

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Forceful, convincing, relative, to the point

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Converge

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To move toward one point

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Disperse

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To scatter; spread far and wide

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Esteem

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A highly favorable opinion or judgement. To regard highly

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Expunge

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To erase, obliterate, destroy

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Finite

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Having limits; lasting for a limited time

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Invulnerable

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Not able to be wounded, hurt, shielded

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Malevolent

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Spiteful; showing ill will

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Nonchalant

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Cool and confident; unconcerned

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Omniscient

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Knowing everything, having unlimited awareness

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Panacea

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A remedy for all ills, an answer to all problems

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Scrupulous

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Exact, careful, having high morals, principled

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Skulk

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To move about stealthy, to lie in hiding.

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Supercilious

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Proud and contemptuous, showing scorn through feeling of superiority

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Uncanny

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Strange, mysterious, beyond explanation

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Venial

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Easily excused, pardonable

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Affiliated

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Associated, connected