1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Bequeath
Esteem
Affiliated
Converge
Expunge
Cogent
Ascertain
Finite
Attainment
disperse

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. Supercilious
Scrupulous
Nonchalant
Skulk
Bequeath
Esteem
Malevolent
Invulnerable
Uncanny
affliated

14. 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

15. 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

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