Unit 3 Vocabulary

Question 1

Abominate

Answer 1

(v.) to have an intense dislike or hatred for

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.

Question 3

Adventitious

Answer 3

(adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental; not essential

Question 4

Ascribe

Answer 4

(v.) to assign or refer to, attribute

Question 5

circuitous

Answer 5

(adj.) roundabout, not direct

Question 6

commiserate

Answer 6

(v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for

Question 7

enjoin

Answer 7

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

Question 8

expedite

Answer 8

(v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster

Question 9

expiate

Answer 9

(v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert

Question 10

ferment

Answer 10

(n.) a state of great excitement
(v.) to be in or work into such a state

Question 11

inadvertent

Answer 11

(adj.) resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental.

Question 12

nominal

Answer 12

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

Question 13

noncommittal

Answer 13

(adj.) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position.

Question 14

peculate

Answer 14

(v.) to steal something that has been given into one’s trust

Question 15

proclivity

Answer 15

(n) a natural or habitual inclination or tendency

Question 16

sangfroid

Answer 16

(n.) composer or coolness

Question 17

seditious

Answer 17

(adj.) resistant to lawful authority

Question 18

tenuous

Answer 18

(adj.) thin, slender, not dense.

Question 19

vitriolic

Answer 19

(adj.) bitter, sarcastic

Question 20

wheedle

Answer 20

(v.) to use flattery to gain some desired end