vocab 4
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Catalan | English |
|---|---|
| affiliated (e fil' e at ed) |  adjectiveassociated, connected. attached related joined dissociated unnconnected |
| ascertain (as er tan') | verb. to find out syn: discover, determine, establish |
| attainment (e tan' ment) | noun. an accomplishment, the act of achieving achievement, fulfillment failure, defeat, frustration |
| bequeath (bi kweth') | verb. to pass as an inheritance. syn: transmit, bestow, hand down |
| cogent (ko' jint) | adjective. forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point persuasive, compelling weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant |
| converge (ken verj') | verb. to move toward one point, approach nearer together meet, unite, intersect, merge diverge, separate |
| disperse (di spers') | verb. to scatter, spread far and wide break up, dispel collect, congregate, assemble, muster |
| esteem (es tem') | verb OR noun v: to regard highly respect, admire, honor, revere n:a highly favorable opinion or judge ant: contempt |
| expunge (ik spenj') | verb. to erase, obliterate, destroy delete, efface, annihilate insert, mark, imprint impress |
| finite (fi' nit) | adjective. having limits; lasting for a long time bounded measurable unlimited immeasurable everlasting, eternal |
| invulnerable (in vel' ner e bel) | adjective. not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack exposed unprotected defenseless |
| malevolent (ma lev' e lent) | adjective spiteful, showing ill will malicious, wicked, sinister kind benevolent compassionate |
| nonchalant (nan she lant') | adjective cool and confident, unconcerned composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase perturbed agitated disconcerted abashed |
| omniscient (am nish' ent) | adjective. knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding wise, all-knowing ignorant, unknowing |
| panacea (pan a se' a) | noun. a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems universal cure, easy solution |
| scrupulous (skru' pye les) | adjective. exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled painstaking, meticulous, conscientious careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest |
| skulk (skelk) | verb. to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding lurk, slink, prowl |
| supercilious (su per sil' e as) | adjective proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority snobbish, patronizing, overbearing humble meek deferential servile |
| uncanny (en kan' e) | adjective. strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation eerie, inexplicable, spooky |
| venial (ve' ne al) | adjective. easily excused; pardonable excusable, forgivable inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable |
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