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unit 3
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abominate | to have an intense dislike |
| Acculturation | the modification of the social patterns |
| Adventitious | resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause |
| Ascribe | to assign |
| Circuitous | roundabout |
| Commiserate | to sympathize with |
| Enjoin | to direct |
| Expedite | to make easy |
| Expiate | to make amends |
| Ferment | a state of great exicitment |
| Inadvertent | resulting from |
| Nominal | existing in name only |
| Noncommittal | not decisive |
| Peculate | to steal |
| Proclivity | something natural |
| Sangfroid | composure |
| Seditious | resistant |
| Tenuous | thin |
| Vitriolic | bitter |
| Wheedle | to use coaxing |