Unit 3

Question 1

Abominate

Answer 1

To have an intense dislike or hatred for

Question 2

Acculturate

Answer 2

Modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group by contact of another

Question 3

Adventitious

Answer 3

Resulting from chance

Question 4

Ascribe

Answer 4

To assign or refer to, attribute

Question 5

Circuitous

Answer 5

Roundabout

Question 6

Commiserate

Answer 6

To sympathize with

Question 7

Enjoin

Answer 7

To direct or order

Question 8

Expedite

Answer 8

To make easy

Question 9

Expiate

Answer 9

To make amends

Question 10

Ferment

Answer 10

state of great excitement

Question 11

Inadvertent

Answer 11

Resulting from or marked by lack of attention

Question 12

Nominal

Answer 12

Existing in name only

Question 13

Noncommittal

Answer 13

Not decisive or defnite

Question 14

Peculate

Answer 14

To steal something that’s been given into ones trust

Question 15

Proclivity

Answer 15

A natural or habitual inclination or tendency

Question 16

Sangfroid

Answer 16

Composure or coolness

Question 17

Seditious

Answer 17

Resistant to lawful authority

Question 18

Tenuous

Answer 18

Thin, slender, not dense

Question 19

Vitriolic

Answer 19

Bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting

Question 20

Wheedle

Answer 20

To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end