Vocab Workshop Level F Unit 3 Definitions

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Abominate
To have an intense dislike or hatred for
Acculturation
The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
Adventitious
Resulting from chance rather than from a cause or character; accidental, not essential; acquired, not congenital
Ascribe
To assign or refer to, attribute
Circuitous
Roundabout, not direct
Commiserate
To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
Enjoin
To direct or order; to prescrive a course of action in an authorative way; to prohibit
Expedite
To make easy; cause to progress faster
Expiate
To make amends, make up for; to avert
Ferment
A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
Inadvertent
Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental
Nominal
Existing by name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
Noncommittal
Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
Peculate
To steal something that have been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use
Proclivity
A natural or habitual inclination or tendancy