Vocabulary Study Guide: Units 1-20

Vocabulary flashcards covering 20 key vocabulary words, including their definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and antonyms.

affiliated

Associated, connected. Part of Speech: adjective, participle. Synonyms: attached, related, joined. Antonyms: dissociated, unconnected.

ascertain

To find out. Part of Speech: verb. Synonyms: discover, establish.

attainment

An accomplishment, the act of achieving. Part of Speech: noun. Synonyms: achievement, fulfillment. Antonyms: failure, defeat, frustration.

bequeath

To give or pass on as an inheritance. Part of Speech: verb. Synonyms: transmit, bestow.

cogent

Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: persuasive, compelling. Antonyms: weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant.

converge

To move toward one point, approach nearer together. Part of Speech: verb. Synonyms: meet, unite, intersect, merge. Antonyms: diverge, separate.

disperse

To scatter, spread far and wide. Part of Speech: verb. Synonyms: break up, dispel. Antonyms: collect, congregate, assemble, muster.

esteem

To regard highly; (n.) a highly favorable opinion or judgment. Part of Speech: verb, noun. Synonyms: (v.) respect, honor, revere. Antonyms: (v.) disdain, scorn; (n.) contempt.

expunge

To erase, obliterate, destroy. Part of Speech: verb. Synonyms: efface, annihilate. Antonyms: insert, mark, imprint, impress.

finite

Having limits; lasting for a limited time. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: bounded, measurable. Antonyms: unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal.

invulnerable

Not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: impregnable, impervious, immune. Antonyms: exposed, unprotected, defenseless.

malevolent

Spiteful, showing ill will. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant. Antonyms: kind, benevolent, compassionate.

nonchalant

Cool and confident, unconcerned. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: composed, unruffled, blasé. Antonyms: perturbed, agitated, disconcerted, abashed.

omniscient

Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: wise, all-knowing. Antonyms: ignorant, unknowing.

panacea

A remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems. Part of Speech: noun. Synonyms: universal cure.

scrupulous

Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: painstaking, meticulous, conscientious. Antonyms: careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest.

skulk

To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding. Part of Speech: verb. Synonyms: lurk, slink, prowl.

supercilious

Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: snobbish, patronizing, overbearing. Antonyms: humble, meek, deferential, servile.

uncanny

Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: inexplicable, spooky.

venial

Easily excused; pardonable. Part of Speech: adjective. Synonyms: excusable, forgivable. Antonyms: inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable.