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