vocab unit 4

Question 1

uncanny

Answer 1

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

Question 2

venial

Answer 2

(adj.) easily excused; pardonable

Question 3

Supercilious

Answer 3

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

Question 4

skulk

Answer 4

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

Question 5

scrupulous

Answer 5

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

Question 6

panacea

Answer 6

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

Question 7

omniscient

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Nonchalant

Answer 8

(adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned

Question 9

malevolent

Answer 9

(adj.) spiteful, showing ill will

Question 10

Invulnerable

Answer 10

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

Question 11

finite

Answer 11

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

Question 12

expunge

Answer 12

(v.) to erase, obliterate, destroy

Question 13

esteem

Answer 13

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

Question 14

disperse

Answer 14

(v.) to scatter, spread far and wide

Question 15

converge

Answer 15

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

Question 16

cogent

Answer 16

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

Question 17

bequeath

Answer 17

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

Question 18

attainment

Answer 18

(n.) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

Question 19

ascertain

Answer 19

(v.) to find out

Question 20

affiliated

Answer 20

(adj., part.) associated, connected