ENG II H Voc. Unit 3 Definitions

roundabout; not direct

• noncommital
• circuitous
• wheedle
• tenuous

a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)

• acculturation
• expiate
• proclivity
• sangfroid

resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

• seditious
• vitriolic
• commiserate
• ascribe

to have an intense dislike or hatred for

• tenuous
• expedite
• enjoin
• abominate

to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

• sangfroid
• wheedle
• adventitious
• ferment

existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously

• peculate
• inadvertant
• tenuous
• nominal

to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

• wheedle
• commiserate
• expiate
• ferment

to make easy, cause to progress faster

• expedite
• expiate
• enjoin
• ascribe

to steal something that has been given into one’s trust; to take improperly for one’s own use

• vitriolic
• peculate
• noncommittal
• adventitious

(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

• ferment
• ascribe
• proclivity
• vitriolic