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Vocab Unit 4 D E
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 4 Definitions 10 grade Level E
Question | Answer |
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Affiliated | adj. associated, connected |
Ascertain | v. to find out |
Attainment | n. an accomplishment, the act of achieving |
Bequeath | v. to give or pass on as an inheritance |
Cogent | adj. forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point |
Converge | v. to move toward on point, approach nearer together |
Disperse | v. to scatter, spread far and wide |
Esteem | v. to regard highly, n. a highly favorable opinion or judgement |
Expunge | v. to erase, obliterate, destroy |
Finite | adj. having limits, lasting for a limited time |
Invulnerable | adj. not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack |
Malevolent | adj. spiteful, showing ill will |
Nonchalant | adj. cool and confident, unconcerned |
Omniscient | adj. knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding |
Panacea | n. a remedy for all ills, cure all, an answer to all problems |
Scrupulous | adj. exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled |
Skulk | v. to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding |
Supercilious | adj. proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority |
Uncanny | adj strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation |
Venial | adj. easily excused; pardonable |