affiliated (adj, part) associated, connected Syn: attached,related, joined Ant: dissociated, unconnected ascertain (v) to find out Syn: discover, determine, establish attainment (n) an accomplishment, the act of achieving Syn: achievement, fulfillment Ant: failure, defeat, frustration bequeath (v) 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 (v) to move toward one point, approach nearer together Syn: meet, unite, intersect, merge Ant: diverge, separate disperse (v) to scatter, spread far and wide Syn: break up, dispel Ant: collect congregate, assemble, muster esteem (v) to regard highly; (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgement Syn: (v) respect, admire, honor, revere Ant: (v) disdain, scorn; (n) contempt expunge (v) 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, imperious, immune malevolent (adj) spiteful, showing ill will nonchalant (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned Syn: composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase Ant: perturbed, agitated, disconnected, abashed omniscient (adj) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding panacea (n) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all the questions Syn: universal cure, easy solution 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 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop New Edition Level E
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