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English III Honors
Vocab Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abominate | (v) hatrid for |
| acculturation | (n) modificiatoin of the social patterns, trails, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend |
| ascribe | (v) to sign or refer to, attribute |
| circuitous | (adj) round about not direct |
| commiserate | to sympatheize with |
| enjoin | (v) to direct or order; to prohibit |
| expedite | (v) to make easy, cause to progress faster |
| expiate | (v) to make amends; |
| ferment | (n) a state of great excitement, agitation or turbulence; |
| inadvertent | (adj) resulting from or marked by lack of attention; |
| nominal | (adj) existing in name only, not real; |
| noncommittal | (adj) not decisive or definite; |
| peculate | (v) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; |
| proclivity | (n) a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| sangfroid | (n) composure or coolness; |
| seditious | (adj) resistant to lawful authority; |
| tenuous | (adj) thing, slender, not dense; |
| vitriolic | (adj) bitter, sarcastic; |
| wheedle | (v) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |