Glossary of unit 3 vocabbbbb
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- expiate
- to make amends, alone, make up for
- expedite
- to make easy, cause to progress faster
- abominate
- to have an intense dislike or hatred for
- ascribe
- to assign or refer to, attribute
- adventitious
- resulting from chance rather than something congenital
- enjoin
- to direct or order, to prescribe a course of action, to prohibit
- commiserate
- to sympathize with, share a feeling of sorrow with
- acculturation
- the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group of society by contact with another
- circuitous
- roundabout, indirect
- ferment
- n. a state of great exitement, agitaion, or turbulence
v. to be in or work into such a state, to produce alcohol by chemical action
- vitriolic
- bitter sarcastic, highly caustic or biting
- wheedle
- to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
- peculate
- to steal something that has been given into ones trust, to take improperly for ones own use
- proclivity
- a natural or habitual inclination or tendency
- nominal
- existing in name only, not real, too small to be considered or taken seriously
- seditious
- resistant to lawful authority, having the purpose of overthrowing a lawful authority
- tenuous
- thin slender no dense, lacking clarity or sharpness, lacking a sound basis
- noncommittal
- not decisive or definite, unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
- sangfroid
- composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances
- inadvertent
- resulting from or marked my lack of attention, unintentional, or accidental