Unit 4 Vocab (affiliated-venial)
esteem
(v) to regard highly; (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgement
panacea
a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
attainment
an accomplishment, the act of achieving
affiliated
associated, connected
nonchalant
cool and confident, unconcerned
venial
easily excused; pardonable
scrupulous
exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
cogent
forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
finite
having limits; lasting for a limited time
omniscient
knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
invulnerable
not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack
supercilious
proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
malevolent
spiteful, showing ill will
uncanny
strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
expunge
to erase, obliterate, destroy
ascertain
to find out
bequeath
to give or pass on as an inheritance
skulk
to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding
converge
to move toward point, approach nearer together
disperse
to scatter, spread far and wide