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English Vocab. WK 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abominate (SYN) | (SYN) loathe, abhor, despise, detest |
| Acculturation (SYN) | (SYN) adaption |
| Adventitious (SYN) | (SYN) extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous |
| Ascribe (SYN) | (SYN) impute, credit, attribute |
| Circuitous (SYN) | (SYN) indirect, meandering, winding |
| Commiserate (SYN) | (SYN) feel sorry for, empathize |
| Enjoin (SYN) | (SYN) bid, charge, command |
| Expedite (SYN) | (SYN) acceleration, faciliate, speed up |
| Explate (SYN) | (SYN) redeem, make amends for, atone, make reperations |
| Ferment (SYN) | (SYN) commotion, turmoil, unrest |
| enjoin | (V) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit |
| abominate | (V) to have an intense dislike or hatred |
| expiate | (V) to make amends, make up for; to avert |
| ascribe | to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute |
| expedite | (V) to make easy, cause to progress faster |
| commiserate | (V) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| adventitious | (ADJ) resulting from chancerather than from an inherent cause or character; Accidental, not essential; (medicine) Acquired, not congenital |
| circuitous | (ADJ) roundabout |
| acculturation | (N) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend |
| ferment | (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 |