Sadlier Oxford Level F Unit 2 Flashcards

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Acculturation

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The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

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Abominate

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Find repugnant

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Adventitious

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Associated by chance and not an integral part

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Ascribe

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Attribute or credit to

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Circuitous

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Deviating from a straight course

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Commiserate

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To feel or express sympathy or compassion

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Enjoin

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Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

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Expedite

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Process fast and efficiently

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Expiate

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Make amends for

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Ferment

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Cause to undergo fermentation

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Inadvertent

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Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

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Nominal

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Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name

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Noncommittal

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Refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like

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Peculate

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Appropriate (as property entrusted to ones cate) fraudulently to ones own use

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Proclivity

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A natural inclination

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Sang-froid

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Great coolness and composure under strain

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Seditious

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Arousing to action or rebellion

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Tenuous

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Very thin in gauge or diameter

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Vitriolic

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Harsh or corrosive in tone

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Wheedle

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Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering