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Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Expiate   (v.) To make amends, atone, make up for; to word off or avert  
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Expedite   (v.) To make easy, cause to progress faster  
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Abominate   (v.) To have an intense dislike or hatred for  
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Ascribe   (v.) To assign or refer to (as a cause or source); Attribute  
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Adventitious   (adj.) Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) Acquired, not congenital  
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Enjoin   (v.) To direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit  
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Commiserate   (v.) To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for. Share a feeling of distress  
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Acculturation   (n.) The modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another, the resultant blend  
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Circuitous   (adj.) Roundabout, not direct  
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Vitriolic   (n.) A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v.) To be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action  
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Wheedle   (v.) To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end  
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Peculate   (v.) To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use  
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Proclivity   (n.) A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)  
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Nominal   (adj.) Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously  
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Seditious   (adj.) Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government  
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Tenuous   (adj.) Thin, slender, not dense; Lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported  
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Noncommittal   (adj.) Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to stay yes or no  
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Sangfroid   (n.) Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances  
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Inadvertent   (adj.) Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional; accidental.  
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