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Vocabulary Level F, Unit 3
Building Your Vocabulary
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| A | B |
| to loathe, abhor, despise, detest | abominate |
| extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous | adventitious |
| to accelerate, facilitate, speed up | expedite |
| withering, acerbic, caustic | vitriolic |
| playing it safe, playing it close to the vest | noncommittal |
| flimsy, unsubstantial, vague | tenuous |
| to embezzle, defrad, misappropriate | peculate |
| indirect, roundabout, meandering | circuitous |
| to bid, charge, command | enjoin |
| a natural bent, penchant, propensity | proclivity |
| mutinous, rebellious, subversive | seditious |
| poise, self-assurance, equanimity | sangfroid |
| to sympathize, feel sorry for, empathize | commiserate |
| to cajole, inveigle, sweet-talk | wheedle |
| to atone for, redeem, make amends for | expiate |
| adopting ways of another social group | acculturation |
| token, trifling, inconsequential | nominal |
| to impute, attribute, credit | ascribe |
| commotion, turmoil, turbulence, unrest | ferment |
| accidental, unintentional | adventitious |
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