Vocabulary Unit 3

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Abominate

Back 1

V. to have an intense dislike or hatred for

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Acculturation

Back 2

N. the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of nother, the resultant blend

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Adventitious

Back 3

Adj. resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character, accidental, not essential

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Ascribe

Back 4

V. to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

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Circuitous

Back 5

Adj. roundabout, not direct

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Commiserate

Back 6

V. to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for

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Enjoin

Back 7

V. to direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit

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Expedite

Back 8

V. to make easy, cause to progress faster

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Expiate

Back 9

V. to make amends, make up for, to avert

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Ferment

Back 10

N. a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence
V. to be in or work into such a state

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Inadvertent

Back 11

Adj. resulting from or marked by lack of attention, unintentional, accidental

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Nominal

Back 12

Adj. existing in name only, not real, too small to be considered or taken seriously

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Noncommittal

Back 13

Adj. not decisive ot definite, unwilling to take a clear postion or to say yes or no

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Peculate

Back 14

V. to steal something that has been given into one's trust

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Proclivity

Back 15

N. a natural or habitual inclination or tendency

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Sangfroid

Back 16

N. composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

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Seditious

Back 17

Adj. resistant to lawful authority, having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

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Tenuous

Back 18

Adj. thin, slender, not dense, lacking clarity or sharpness

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Vitriolic

Back 19

Adj. bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting

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Wheedle

Back 20

V. to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end