Vocab 3

Question 1

to have intense dislike or hatred

Answer 1

abominate

Question 2

the modification of the social patterns, or structures of any group or society; blend

Answer 2

acculturation

Question 3

resulting from chance; accidental

Answer 3

adventitious

Question 4

to assign as a cause or source; credit

Answer 4

ascribe

Question 5

roundabout; not direct

Answer 5

circuitous

Question 6

to sympathize with

Answer 6

commiserate

Question 7

to direct or order; to prohibit

Answer 7

enjoin

Question 8

to make easier; cause a process to go faster

Answer 8

expedite

Question 9

to make up for

Answer 9

expiate

Question 10

1) a state of great excitement

2) chemical reaction

Answer 10

ferment

Question 11

resulting from a lack of attention; unintentional

Answer 11

inadvertent

Question 12

not real or not taken seriously

Answer 12

nominal

Question 13

not decisive or definite

Answer 13

noncommital

Question 14

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

Answer 14

peculate

Question 15

a habitual tendency

Answer 15

proclivity

Question 16

compose, coolness

Answer 16

sangfroid

Question 17

having a purpose of overthrowing the government

Answer 17

seditious

Question 18

thin, slender, poorly supported

Answer 18

tenuos

Question 19

bitter, sarcastic

Answer 19

vitriolic

Question 20

to use coaxing to gain something desired in the end

Answer 20

wheedle