Unit 3 Vocabulary
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| Expiate | (v.) To make amends, atone, make up for; to word off or avert | ||||
| Expedite | (v.) To make easy, cause to progress faster | ||||
| Abominate | (v.) To have an intense dislike or hatred for | ||||
| Ascribe | (v.) To assign or refer to (as a cause or source); Attribute | ||||
| Adventitious | (adj.) Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) Acquired, not congenital | ||||
| Enjoin | (v.) To direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit | ||||
| Commiserate | (v.) To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for. Share a feeling of distress | ||||
| Acculturation | (n.) The modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another, the resultant blend | ||||
| Circuitous | (adj.) Roundabout, not direct | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Wheedle | (v.) To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end | ||||
| Peculate | (v.) To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use | ||||
| Proclivity | (n.) A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) | ||||
| Nominal | (adj.) Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously | ||||
| Seditious | (adj.) Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government | ||||
| Tenuous | (adj.) Thin, slender, not dense; Lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported | ||||
| Noncommittal | (adj.) Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to stay yes or no | ||||
| Sangfroid | (n.) Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances | ||||
| Inadvertent | (adj.) Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional; accidental. |
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