unit 3 and 4 vocab

Question 1

abominate

Answer 1

to have an intense dislike or hatred for

Question 2

acculturation

Answer 2

modification of the social patterns

Question 3

adventitous

Answer 3

resulting from chance

Question 4

circuitous

Answer 4

roundabout, not direct

Question 5

commiserate

Answer 5

to sympathize with, have pity for

Question 6

didactic

Answer 6

intended to teach (moral instruction)

Question 7

efflorescence

Answer 7

coming into flower, maturing

Question 8

enjoin

Answer 8

to direct or order

Question 9

expedite

Answer 9

to make easier, progress faster

Question 10

expiate

Answer 10

to make amends

Question 11

evasive

Answer 11

avoiding commitment, responding indirectly

Question 12

hypocritical

Answer 12

behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards

Question 13

inadvertent

Answer 13

resulting from a lack of attention, accidental

Question 14

instructive

Answer 14

useful and informative

Question 15

nomial

Answer 15

too small to be considered or taken seriously

Question 16

noncommittal

Answer 16

not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a position

Question 17

seditious

Answer 17

resistant to lawful authority

Question 18

peculate

Answer 18

to steal something that has been given to one’s trust

Question 19

tenuous

Answer 19

thin, slender, not dense, lacking clarity

Question 20

vitriolic

Answer 20

bitter, sarcastic

Question 21

affable

Answer 21

sociable, easy to speak to

Question 22

amorphous

Answer 22

shapeless

Question 23

aura

Answer 23

atmosphere

Question 24

chloreic

Answer 24

quick-tempered, irritable, energetic, ambitious

Question 25

contemptuous

Answer 25

contempt, scornful

Question 26

contraband

Answer 26

smuggled good

Question 27

incisive

Answer 27

intelligent, clear-thinking

Question 28

infer

Answer 28

to find out by reasoning

Question 29

inscrutable

Answer 29

incapable of being understood

Question 30

insular

Answer 30

isolated in outlook, closed minded

Question 31

irrevocable

Answer 31

incapable of being changed

Question 32

ominous

Answer 32

giving an impression that something bad or unpleasant in going to happen

Question 33

querulous

Answer 33

peevish, complaining

Question 34

remonstrate

Answer 34

to argue or plead, protest against

Question 35

repudiate

Answer 35

disown, reject

Question 36

resilient

Answer 36

recover quickly

Question 37

reverberate

Answer 37

echo, repeat

Question 38

revolted

Answer 38

disgusted

Question 39

scurrilous

Answer 39

foul-mouthed

Question 40

sedulous

Answer 40

persistent, showing determination