Vocabulary Unit 3
Terms
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- wheedle
- (v) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end, sweet talk
- ascribe
- (v) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribution, credit
- noncommittal
- (adj) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take clear positionor to say yes or no, playing it safe
- inadvertent
- (adj) resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental
- acculturation
- (n) the modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; adaptation
- peculate
- (v) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use , defraud, embezzle
- expedite
- (v) to make easy, to cause to progress faster; accelerate
- abomination
- (v) to have an intense dislike or hatred for
- ferment
- (n) a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemicals action, turmoil or unrest
- nominal
- (adj)to exist in name only, not real; to small to be consideredor taken seriously, trifling
- tenuous
- (adj) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; or slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported, flimsy
- vitriolic
- (adj) bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid), acerbic
- adventitious
- (adj) resulting from chance rather than from inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, incidental, extrinsic
- proclivity
- (n) natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior- singing football)
- seditious
- (adj) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government, rebellious
- commiserate
- (v) to sympathize with, have pitty or sorrow for, share a feeling or distress, feel sorry for, empathize
- expiate
- (v) to make amends, make up for; avert, redeem, atone
- sangfroid
- (n) composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances, poise, self-assurance
- enjoin
- (v) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit, charge or command
- circuitous
- (adj) roundabout, not direct, meandering, winding