AP English Unit 3 Vocab.

n. a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact

• ascribe
• commiserate
• acculturation
• circuitous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

adj. resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential

• sangfroid
• tenuous
• ferment
• adventitious

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

v. to feel or express sympathy

• commiserate
• abominate
• proclivity
• ferment

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

adj. giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling

• adventitious
• circuitous
• noncommittal
• proclivity

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

adj. existing or being something in name or form only; trifling, insignificant; too small to be considered or taken seriously

• nominal
• expiate
• expedite
• vitriolic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

adj. having a winding course; not being forthright or direct in language or action

• enjoin
• seditious
• circuitous
• wheedle

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

v. to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing

• ascribe
• acculturation
• expedite
• nominal

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

v. to hate or loathe intensely 

• abominate
• acculturation
• vitriolic
• wheedle

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

v. to influence or entice by soft words or flattery

• proclivity
• wheedle
• expedite
• nominal

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

adj. bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)

• vitriolic
• wheedle
• ascribe
• circuitous 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6