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9th Grade
09/01/2011

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Term
commiserate
Definition
(v) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
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enjoin
Definition
(v) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritave way; to prohibit
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expedite
Definition
(v) to make easy, cause to progress faster
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expiate
Definition
(v)to make amends, make up for; to avert
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ferment
Definition
(v) a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulance; (v) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
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abominate
Definition
(v) to have an intense dislake or hatred for
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acculturation
Definition
(n) modification of social pasterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
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adventitious
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(adj) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental; not essential
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ascribe
Definition
(v) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
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circuitous
Definition
(adj) roundabout, not direct
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