Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

Abominate

Answer 1

(v) - to have an intense dislike or hatred for (abhor, loathe)

Question 2

Acculturation

Answer 2

(n) the modification of the social patterns, traits or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend (what happened when aryans moved to india)(culture mixing)

Question 3

Adventitious

Answer 3

(adj) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital from birth (huh, that exists!)

Question 4

Circuitous

Answer 4

(adj) roundabout, not direct

Question 5

Commiserate

Answer 5

(v) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress (to grieve smth, to support someone else as they grieve smth)

Question 6

Didactic

Answer 6

(adj) intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive (think allegory)

Question 7

Efflorescence

Answer 7

(n) the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower (flowering)

Question 8

Enjoin

Answer 8

(v) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit (direct)

Question 9

Expedite

Answer 9

(v) to make easy, cause to progress faster (speed up)

Question 10

Expiate

Answer 10

(v) to make amends, make up for; to advert (get forgiven, bring attention to)

Question 11

Evasive

Answer 11

(adj) tending to avoid commitment or self revelation, especially by responding only indirectly (she a runner she a track star she gon’ run away when it gets hard)

Question 12

Hypocritical

Answer 12

(adj) behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case

Question 13

Inadvertent

Answer 13

(adj) resulting or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental (whoopsie - PAY ATTENTION)

Question 14

Instructive

Answer 14

(adj) useful and informative (helpful)

Question 15

Nominal

Answer 15

(adj) existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously

(minute, legendary (but very small))

Question 16

Noncommittal

Answer 16

(adj) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no (indecisive)

Question 17

Peculate

Answer 17

(v) to steal something that has been given into one’s trust; to take improperly for one’s own use (steal but for especially bad and corrupt people)

Question 18

Seditious

Answer 18

(adj) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government (kevin)

Question 19

Tenuous

Answer 19

(adj) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

(interesting how the english language links poorly supported to meaningless)

Question 20

Vitriolic

Answer 20

(adj) bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) (mean girls)