Vocab 11 Unit 3 Test

to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

• commiserate
• expiate
• peculate
• wheedle

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

• commiserate
• expiate
• peculate
• wheedle

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

• commiserate
• expiate
• peculate
• wheedle

to make amends, make up for; to avert

• commiserate
• expiate
• peculate
• wheedle

indirect, meandering, winding

• noncommital
• nominal
• circuitous
• adventitious

titular, inconsequential

• noncommital
• nominal
• circuitous
• adventitious

Caught in the ____________ of revolution, the young men enlisted with the local militias.

• ferment
• circuitous
• ascribe
• expiate
• adventitious

If left for a time, cider will eventually ____________.

• ferment
• expedite
• ascribe
• enjoin
• commiserate

The pleasant background music did not ____________ my work but instead distracted me.

• expedite
• ascribe
• enjoin
• commiserate
• expiate

I ____________ them them to stop spending so much money or face the consequences.

• enjoined
• expedited
• ascribed
• commiserated
• abominated