Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 3

Question: abominate

Answer: (v.) to have an intense dislike or hatred for

Question: acculturation

Answer: (n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

Question: adventitious

Answer: (adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital

Question: ascribe

Answer: (v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

Question: circuitous

Answer: (adj.) roundabout, not direct

Question: commiserate

Answer: (v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

Question: enjoin

Answer: (v.) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

Question: expedite

Answer: (v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster

Question: expiate

Answer: (v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert

Question: ferment

Answer: (n.) a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v.) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action