| A | B |
|---|
| expiate | to make amends, atone, make up for; to ward off or avert |
| expedite | to make easy, cause to progress further |
| abominate | to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
| ascribe | to assign or refer to, attribute |
| adventitious | resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; (medicine) acquired, not congentital |
| enjoined | to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way |
| commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| acculturation | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group of society by contact with those of another |
| circuitous | roundabout, not direct |
| ferment | a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to produce alcohol by chemical reaction |
| vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting |
| wheedle | to use coaxing or flattery to gain something desired |
| peculate | to steal something that has been given into one's trust |
| proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| nominal | too small to be taken seriously, existing in name only |
| seditious | having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |
| tenuous | lacking a sound basis, poorly supported; thin, slender, not dense |
| noncommittal | not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness |
| inadvertent | resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental |
