Vocab Unit #3

Question 1

abominate

Answer 1

to have intense dislike or hatred for

Question 2

acculturation

Answer 2

a change of social patterns/norms

Question 3

adventitious

Answer 3

resulting from chance, rather than accident

Question 4

ascribe

Answer 4

to assign or refer to

Question 5

circuitous

Answer 5

roundabout; not direct

Question 6

commiserate

Answer 6

to sympathize with; pity/feel bad for

Question 7

enjoin

Answer 7

to direct/order

Question 8

expedite

Answer 8

to make easy/cause progress faster

Question 9

expiate

Answer 9

to make amends

Question 10

ferment

Answer 10

cause/uproar of agitation

Question 11

inadvertent

Answer 11

resulting from lack of attention

Question 12

nominal

Answer 12

existing in name only; not real

Question 13

noncommital

Answer 13

indecisive/no definite

Question 14

peculate

Answer 14

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

Question 15

proclivity

Answer 15

a natural 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; lacking clarity

Question 19

vitriolic

Answer 19

bitter, sarcastic

Question 20

wheedle

Answer 20

to use flattery to gain something you want