2. Associated, connected Ex: o Pixar is affiliated with Disney and produces many of the new Disney films.

3. To find out Ex: o Police investigators have ascertained that the fire in a Hong Kong market was due to arson, but authorities have not yet confirmed that.

4. An accomplishment, the act of achievement Ex: o Although school may seem pointless, educational attainment often leads to financial gains.

5. To give or pass on as an inheritance Ex: o In the movie Rain Man, Tom Cruise discovers he has a brother when their father passes away and bequeaths Cruise’s character a car, while his brother inherits all the money.

6. Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point Ex: o Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered cogent speeches that moved millions.

7. To move toward one point, approach nearer together Ex: o In plate tectonics, boundaries converge to form mountains when the plates are too light for one to subduct to another.

8. To scatter, spread far and wide Ex: o After the Holocaust, many Jewish people, refusing to go back to their previous homes, dispersed throughout the world.

9. (v): to regard highly Ex: o People esteem pacifistic leadership and understanding. (n): a highly favorable opinion or judgment o Ex: Because of Ghandi’s leadership style, he was held in high esteem around the world.

10. To erase, obliterate, destroy Ex: o It is possible for criminals to have their records expunged, especially for minor offenses.

11. Having limits; lasting for a limited time Ex: o Lasting only four years, your time in high school is finite.

12. Not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack Ex: o Antaeus seemed invulnerable when he fought until Hercules learned that the Earth was Antaeus’ source of strength.

13. Spiteful, showing ill will Ex: o Disney’s evil witch is named Maleficent to convey her malevolent nature.

14. Cool and confident, unconcerned Ex: o Walking away from an explosion in a nonchalant manner is a staple in most action movies.

15. Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding Ex: o The Stasi in East Germany seemed to be omniscient because of its extensive knowledge of what people were doing and where they were going.

16. A remedy for ills; cure-all; an answer to all the problems Ex: o Regardless of what happens in a day, I know that hot tea is a panacea and can fix anything.

17. Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards Ex: o While performing surgery, doctors must be very scrupulous to ensure that they do not injure their patients further.

18. To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding Ex: o Predators often skulk around their prey to avoid scaring it away.

19. Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority Ex: o The supercilious mothers from Dance Moms constantly fight with the choreographer because they all think that their daughters are the best.

20. Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation Ex: o The resemblance between Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel is almost uncanny.

21. Easily excused; pardonable Venial sins are pardonable, but mortal sins can send you straight to H-E-double hockey sticks.