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Unit 3 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
10/25/2012

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Abominate
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(v) to have an intense dislike or hatred for
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Acculturation
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(n) modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group with those of another
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Adventitious
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(adj) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause, accidental
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Ascribe
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(v) to assign or refer to, attribute
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Circuitous
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(adj) roundabout, not direct
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Commiserate
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(v) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share feeling of distress
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Enjoin
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(v) to direct or order; to prohibit
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Expedite
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(v) to make easy, cause to progress faster
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Expiate
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(v) to make amends, atone, makeup for
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Ferment
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(n) state of great excitement, agitation or turbulence; (v) to work into such a state, produce alcohol chemically
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Inadvertent
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(adj) resulting from lack of attention, unintentional, accidental
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Nominal
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(adj) existing in name only, not real; too small to be taken seriously
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Noncommital
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(adj) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position
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Peculate
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(v) to steal something that has been given into ones trust; take improperly from ones own use
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Proclivity
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(n) a natural inclination or tendency
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Sangfroid
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(n) composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances
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Seditious
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(adj) resistant to lawful authority; having purpose to overthrow an established government
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Tenuous
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(adj) thin, slender, not dense; slight importance; poorly supported
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Vitriolic
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(adj) bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting
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Wheedle
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(v) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
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Fabrication
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(n) to make up for the purpose of deception; to invent or create
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Chicanery
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(n) trickery; deception by artful sophistry
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Effete
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(adj) barren, no longer fertile; worn out with age; exhausted
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Flagitious
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(adj) vicious, wicked; marked by outrageous crime
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Fecund
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(adj) fertile; fruitful in offspring or vegetation
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