click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
AP Lang Week 3
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Abominate | To have intense dislike or hatred for |
Acculturation | Modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of society by contact |
Adventitious | Result from chance rather than an inherent cause; not essential, not congenital, ACCIDENTAL |
Ascribe | To assign or refer to |
Circuitous | Not direct |
Commiserate | To have pity or sorrow for |
Enjoin | To direct or order |
Expedite | To make easy |
Expiate | To make up for |
Ferment | State of great excitement; Produce alcohol |
Inadvertent | Marked by lack of attention |
Nominal | Existing in name only, not real |
Noncommittal | Not definite |
Peculate | To steal something that has been given into one's trust |
Proclivity | A natural or habitual inclination of behavior |
Sangfroid | Composure or coolness |
Seditious | The purpose to overthrow government |
Tenuous | Thin, slender, not dense |
Vitrilic | Sarcastic, bitter |
Weedle | Coaxing or flattery to gain desired end |