Vocabulary Workshop: Level E, Unit 4

affiliated

(adj., part.) associated, connected

Syn.: attached, related, jointed

Ant.: dissociated, unconnected

ascertain

(verb) to find out

Syn.: discover, determine, establish

attainment

(noun) an accomplishment, the act of achieving

Syn.: achievement, fulfillment

Ant.: failure, defeat, frustration

bequeath

(verb) to give or pass on as an inheritance

Syn.: transmit, bestow, hand down

cogent

(adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

Syn.: persuasive, compelling

Ant.: weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant

converge

(verb) to move toward one point, approach nearer together

Syn.: meet, unite, intersect, merge

Ant.: diverge, separate

disperse

(verb) to scatter, spread far and wide

Syn.: break up, dispel

Ant.: collect, congregate, assemble, muster

esteem

(verb) to regard highly; (noun) a highly favorable opinion or judgment

Syn.: (verb) respect, admire, honor, revere

Ant.: (verb) disdain, scorn; (noun) contempt

expunge

(verb) to erase, obliterate, destroy

Syn.: delete, efface, annihilate

Ant.: insert, mark, imprint, impress

finite

(adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time

Syn.: bounded, measurable

Ant.: unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal

invulnerable

(adj.) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack

Syn.: impregnable, impervious, immune

Ant.: exposed, unprotected, defenseless

malevolent

(adj.) spiteful, showing ill will

Syn.: malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant

Ant.: kind, benevolent, compassionate

nonchalant

(adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned

Syn.: composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase

Ant.: perturbed, agitated, disconcerted, abashed

omniscient

(adj.) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding

Syn.: wise, all-knowing

Ant.: ignorant, unknowing

panacea

(noun) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

Syn.: universal cure, easy solution

scrupulous

(adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

Syn.: painstaking, meticulous, conscientious

Ant.: careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest

skulk

(verb) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

Syn.: lurk, slink, prowl

supercilious

(adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

Syn.: snobbish, patronizing, overbearing

Ant.: humble, meek, deferential, servile

uncanny

(adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Syn.: eerie, inexplicable, spooky

venial

(adj.) easily excused; pardonable

Syn.: excusable, forgivable

Ant.: inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable