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Expiate
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To make amends, atone, make up for, to ward off or advert
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Expedite
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To make easy, cause to progress faster
verb
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Abominate
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To have an intense dislike or hatred for
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Ascribe
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To assign or refer to
verb
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Adventitious
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Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character, accidental, not essential
adjective
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Enjoin
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To direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way
verb
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Commiserate
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To sympathize with, have pitty or sorrow for
verb
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Acculturation
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The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another
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Circuitous
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Roundabout, not direct
adjective
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Ferment
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A state of great excitment, agitation, or turbulence
noun
to be in or work into such a state, to produce alcohol by a chemical action
verb
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Vitriolic
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Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting
adjective
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Wheedle
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To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
verb
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Peculate
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To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's use
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Proclivity
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A natural or habitual inclination or tendency
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Nomial
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Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or be taken seriously
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