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Level E, Unit 4
Unit 4
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English
11th Grade
10/30/2008

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Affiliated
Definition
associated, connected, attached, related, joined
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Ascertain
Definition
to find out; discover, determine, establish
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Attainment
Definition
an accompishment, the act of achieving;
achievement, fulfillment
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Bequeath
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to give or pass on as an inheritance; transmit, bestow, hand down
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Cogent
Definition
forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point; persuasive, compelling
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Converge
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to move toward one point, approach nearer together; meet, unite, intersect, merge
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Disperse
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to scatter, spread far and wide; break up, dispel
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Esteem
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to regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement; respect, admire, honor, revere
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Expunge
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to erase, obliterate, destroy; delete, efface, annihilate
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Finite
Definition
having limits; lasting for a limited time; bounded measurable
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Invulnerable
Definition
not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack; inpregnable, impervious, immune
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Malevolent
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spiteful, showing ill will; malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant
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Nonchalant
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cool and confident, unconcerned; composed, unruffled, indifferent, abashed
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Omniscient
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knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding; wise, all-knowing
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Panacea
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a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems; universal cure, easy solution
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Scrupulous
Definition
exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled; painstaking, meticulous, conscientious
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Skulk
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to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding; lurk, slink, prowl
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Supercilious
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proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority; snobbish, patronizing, overbearing
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Uncanny
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strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation; eerie, inexplicable, spooky
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Venial
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easily excused; pardonable; excusable, forgivable
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