Sadler Vocabulary Review: Units 1-9 (fixed)

affiliated

• associated, connected
• easily excused; pardonable
• smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
• old and feeble; worn-out ruined

ascertain

• to find out
• to erase, obliterate, destroy
• a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
• intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

attainment

• an accomplishment, the act of achieving
• to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
• (v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n.) a slap or blow
• to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

bequeath

• to give or pass on as an inheritance
• forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
• to examine closely
• a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

cogent

• forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
• (adj.) deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell.
• stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
• innocent, simple; frank, sincere

converge

• to move toward one point, approach nearer together
• to make permanent or long lasting
• refined in manner or style, suave
• of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

disperse

• to scatter, spread far and wide
• to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
• to include or contain; to be made of
• experimental in nature; uncertain; hesitant

esteem

• to regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement
• meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
• (v.) to rejoice greatly.
• having great variety; numerous and diverse

expunge

• to erase, obliterate, destroy
• unfavorable, threatening, of a bad omen
• mercy, humaneness, mildness, moderateness
• to say again, repeat

finite

• having limits; lasting for a limited time
• unconquerable, refusing to yield
• sincere, real, without pretense
• to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly