Group 4A Affiliated: (adj, part.) associated, connected Ex: affiliated with a well-known law firm Ascertain: (v) to find out Ex: ascertain what the cost will be Attainment: (n) an accomplishment; the act of achieving Ex: a man of high literary attainment Bequeath: (v) to give or pass on as an inheritance Ex: has bequeathed a fortune to his wife

Cogent: (adj) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point Ex: a cogent plea for prison reform Converge: (v) to move toward one point, approach nearer together Ex: as the delegates converge on the hall Disperse: (v) to scatter, spread far and wide Ex: order the police to disperse the crowd Esteem: (v) to regard highly (n) a highly favorable opinion or judgment Ex: someone we all hold in high esteem

Expunge: (v) to erase, obliterate, destroy Ex: ordered the offending remarks expunged from the court record Finite: (adj) having limits; lasting for a limited time Ex: a finite number of possibilities

Affiliated Ascertain Attainment Bequeath Cogent To hand down, transmit, bestow attached, related, joined to 3. Persuasive, compelling 4. To discover, determine, establish, find out 5. An achievement, fulfillment

Synonyms: Group 4A To hand down, transmit, bestow To respect, admire, honor, revere attached, related, joined to To meet, united, intersect, merge 5. To delete, efface, annihilate 6. Persuasive, compelling 7. To discover, determine, establish, find out 8. limited, bounded, measureable 9. An achievement, fulfillment 10. To break up, scatter, dispel

Bequeath Esteem Affiliated Converge Expunge Cogent Ascertain Finite Attainment disperse

Converge Disperse Esteem Expunge Finite To respect, admire, honor, revere To meet, united, intersect, merge 3. To delete, efface, annihilate 4. limited, bounded, measureable 5. To break up, scatter, dispel Define: Invulnerable, Malevolent, Nonchalant, Omniscient, Panacea

Invulnerable Malevolent Nonchalant Omniscient Panacea A universal cure; an easy solution wise, all-knowing Composed, unruffled, indifferent, blasé Malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant Impregnable, impervious, immune Define: Supercilious, Scrupulous, Skulk, Uncanny, Venial

Group 4B Invulnerable: (adj) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack Ex: an invulnerable fortress Malevolent: (adj) spiteful, showing ill will Ex: told a malevolent lie Nonchalant: (adj) cool and confident, unconcerned Ex: walked with a nonchalant air Omniscient: (adj) knowing everything; having infinite awareness or understanding Ex: a professor who seemed to be omniscient

Panacea: (n) a remedy for all ills, cure-all; an answer to all problems Ex: a panacea for all of our problems Scrupulous: (adj) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled Skulk: (v) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding Ex: a burglar skulked in an alley Supercilious: (adj) proud and contemptuous; sowing scorn because of a feeling of superiority Ex: took a supercilious attitude toward the servants

Uncanny: (adj) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation Ex: an uncanny skill at playing bridge Venial: (adj) easily excused; pardonable Ex: a venial offense

Synonyms: All snobbish, patronizing, overbearing Painstaking, meticulous, conscientious Composed, unruffled, indifferent, blasé To lurk, slink, prowl To hand down, transmit, bestow To respect, admire, honor, revere Malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant Impregnable, impervious, immune Eerie, inexplicable, spooky attached, related, joined to

Supercilious Scrupulous Nonchalant Skulk Bequeath Esteem Malevolent Invulnerable Uncanny affliated

11. To meet, united, intersect, merge 12 11. To meet, united, intersect, merge 12. A universal cure; an easy solution 13. To delete, efface, annihilate 14. persuasive, compelling 15. wise, all-knowing 16. excusable, forgivable 17. To discover, determine, establish, find out 18. limited, bounded, measureable 19. An achievement, fulfillment 20. To break up, scatter, dispel

11. Converge 12. Panacea 13. Expunge 14. Cogent 15. Omniscient 16 11. Converge 12. Panacea 13. Expunge 14. Cogent 15. Omniscient 16. Venial 17. Ascertain 18. Finite 19. Attainment 20. disperse

Supercilious Scrupulous Skulk Uncanny Venial To lurk, slink, prowl snobbish, patronizing, overbearing Painstaking, meticulous, conscientious excusable, forgivable 5. Eerie, inexplicable, spooky