Vocabulary IV - Corcoran

esteem

• to regard highly, a highly favorable opinion or judgement

• to disregard or undervalue

• to criticize harshly

• to have a neutral opinion

bequeath

• to give or pass on as in inheritance

• to take away or remove

• to borrow temporarily

• to sell or trade

omniscient

• knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding

• having limited knowledge; unaware of many things

• able to predict the future; possessing foresight

• having knowledge of only specific subjects; not comprehensive

skulk

• to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

• to run quickly and carelessly

• to jump over obstacles

• to shout loudly and attract attention

invulnerable

• not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack

• easily harmed or injured

• susceptible to damage

• vulnerable to physical harm

expunge

• to erase, obliterate, destroy

• to create, build, establish

• to observe, watch, monitor

• to confuse, mix up, muddle

panacea

• a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

• a type of medicine used for pain relief

• a surgical procedure to treat diseases

• a psychological condition affecting mood

ascertain

• to discover

• to find out

• to ignore

• to complicate

uncanny

• strange

• ordinary

• common

• predictable

disperse

• to gather closely

• to scatter, spread far and wide

• to hold tightly

• to combine into one