| Term | Definition |
| abominate | (v.) to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
| acculturation | (n.) the modification of the social pattern, traits, or structures of one group or society by cantact with those of another; the result blen |
| adventitious | (adj.) resulting fron chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital |
| ascribe | (v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute |
| circuitous | (adj.) roundabout, not direct |
| commiserate | (v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| enjoin | (v.) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritive way; to prohibit |
| expedite | (v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster |
| expiate | (v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert |
| ferment | (n.) a state of great excitment, agitation, or turbulance |