English Vocab Units 2&4

Affiliated

Affiliated

(Adj. Part.) 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 one point, approach nearer together

Disperse

(V) To scatter, spread far and wide

Esteem

(V) To regard highly; (N) a highly favorable opinion or judgment

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 limited awareness or understanding

Panacea

(N) A remedy for all ills; sure-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

Adroit

(Adj) Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Amicable

(Adj) Peaceable, friendly

Averse

(Adj) Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Belligerent

(Adj) Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (N) One at war, one engaged in war

Benevolent

(Adj) Kindly, charitable

Cursory

(Adj) Hasty, not thorough

Duplicity

(N) Treachery, deceitfulness

Extol

(V) To praise extravagantly

Feasible

(Adj) Possible, able to be done

Grimace

(N) A wry face, facial distortion; (V) To make a wry face

Holocaust

(N) A large-scale destruction, especially by fire a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Impervious

(Adj) Not affected by or hurt by; admitting of not passage or entrance

Impetus

(N) A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Jeopardy

(N) Danger

Meticulous

(Adj) Extremely careful; particular about details

Nostalgia

(N) A longing for something past; homesickness

Quintessence

(N) The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Retrogress

(V) To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrutnize

(V) To examine closely

Tepid

(Adj) Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest