Vocab Unit 4

Question 1

(adj., part.) associated, connected

Answer 1

affiliated

Question 2

(v.) to find out

Answer 2

ascertain

Question 3

(n.) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

Answer 3

attainment

Question 4

(v.) to give or to pass as an inheritance

Answer 4

bequeath

Question 5

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

Answer 5

cogent

Question 6

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

Answer 6

converge

Question 7

(v.) to scatter, spread far and wide

Answer 7

disperse

Question 8

(v.) to regard highly; (n.) a favorable opinion or judgement

Answer 8

esteem

Question 9

(v.) to erase, obliterate, destroy

Answer 9

expunge

Question 10

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

Answer 10

finite

Question 11

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

Answer 11

invulnerable

Question 12

(adj.) spiteful, showing ill will

Answer 12

malevolent

Question 13

(adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned

Answer 13

nonchalant

Question 14

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

Answer 14

omniscient

Question 15

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

Answer 15

panacea

Question 16

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

Answer 16

scrupulous

Question 17

(v.) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

Answer 17

skulk

Question 18

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

Answer 18

supercilious

Question 19

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

Answer 19

uncanny

Question 20

(adj.) easily excused; pardonable

Answer 20

venial