Vocabage 3 Flashcards

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Define Abominate

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To have a intense dislike or to dislike something greatly

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2
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Define Acculturation

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The change or pattern of social trends

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3
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Define Adventitous

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Accidental or an accident

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4
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Define Ascribe

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To refer to

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5
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Define Circuitous

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Roundabout, not direct or straight forward

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Define Commiseration

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To pity or have sorrow for

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7
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Define Enjoin

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To order

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8
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Define Expedite

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To make easier, to make a shortcut

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Define Expiate

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To make up, Make amends

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10
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Define Ferment

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Great excitement, happiness

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Define Inadvertant

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Lonely, without companionship

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12
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Define Nomical

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Existing in name, not actually real. Example: Pokèmon

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13
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Define Noncommittal

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Not definite, undecided between two opinions

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14
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Define Peculate

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To steal for one’s own gain, to steal

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15
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Define Proclivity

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A habit or an increased tendency for doing a specific thing

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16
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Define Contingent

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A possibility, can happen but probably won’t. Example: America paying off its debt

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Define Seditious

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Not being lawful, to be treasonous

18
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Define Tenuous

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Thin, skinny or lacking facts and importance

19
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Define Vitriolic

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Bitter, acidic

20
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Define Wheedle

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When someone uses flatter to try to get something desired