Unit 4 vocabulary 'affiliated'

scrupulous

(Adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled SYN:painstaking ANT:careless

omniscient

(Adj.) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding SYN:wise ANT:ignorant

supercilious

(Adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority SYN:snobbish ANT:humble

panacea

(N.) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems SYN:universal

affiliated

(adj.) associated, connected SYN:attached ANT:disassociated

nonchalant

(adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned SYN:composed ANT:perturbed

venial

(adj.) easily excused; pardonable SYN:excusable ANT:inexcusable

cogent

(adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point SYN:persuasive ANT:weak

finite

(adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time SYN:bounded ANT:unlimited

invulnerable

(adj.) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack SYN:impregnable ANT:exposed

malevolent

(adj.) spiteful, showing ill will SYN:malicious ANT:kind

Uncanny

(adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation SYN:eerie

attainment

(n.) an accomplishment, the act of achieving SYN:achievement ANT:failure

expunge

(v.) to erase, obliterate, destroy SYN:delete ANT:insert

ascertain

(v.) to find out SYN:discover

bequeath

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

esteem

(v.) to regard highly (n.) a highly favorable opinion or judgment SYN:v. Respect ANT:v. Disdain

disperse

(v.) to scatter, spread far and wide SYN:break up ANT:collect

skulk

(verb) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding SYN:lurk

converge

(verb) to move toward one point, approach nearer together SYN:meet ANT:diverge