• Associated, connected

• Ex:o Pixar is affiliated with

Disney and produces many of the new Disney films.

• 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.

• An accomplishment, the act of achievement

• Ex:o Although school may

seem pointless, educational attainment often leads to financial gains.

• 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.

• Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

• Ex:o Martin Luther King, Jr.

delivered cogent speeches that moved millions.

• 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.

• 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.

• (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.

• To erase, obliterate, destroy

• Ex:o It is possible for criminals

to have their records expunged, especially for minor offenses.

• Having limits; lasting for a limited time

• Ex:o Lasting only four

years, your time in high school is finite.

• 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.

• Spiteful, showing ill will

• Ex:o Disney’s evil witch is

named Maleficent to convey her malevolent nature.

• Cool and confident, unconcerned

• Ex:o Walking away from an

explosion in a nonchalant manner is a staple in most action movies.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

• Ex:o Predators often skulk

around their prey to avoid scaring it away.

• 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.

• Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

• Ex:o The resemblance

between Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel is almost uncanny.

• Easily excused; pardonable

• Venial sins are pardonable, but mortal sins can send you straight to H-E-double hockey sticks.