Vocab Unit Three 2
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- acculturation
- n. the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society b y contact with those of another, the resulant blend
- adventitious
- adj. resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental
- ascribe
- v. to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
- circuitous
- adj. roundabout, not direct
- enjoin
- v. to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritive way, to prohibit
- expedite
- v. to make easy, cause progress faster
- expiate
- v. to make amends, make up for; avert
- ferment
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n a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence;
v to work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical reaction - nominal
- adj. existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously.
- noncommittal
- adj. not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no.
- peculate
- v. to steal something that has been given into one's truest; to take improperly for one's own use
- proclivity
- n. a natural or habitual incination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)
- seditious
- adj. resistant to lawful authority, having the purpose of overthrowing an established government.
- tenuous
- adj. thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight impotance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported
- vitriolic
- adj. bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting (like strong acid)