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Abominate
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To have an intense dislike or hatred for
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Acculturation
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The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
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Adventitious
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Resulting from chance rather than from a cause or character; accidental, not essential; acquired, not congenital
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Ascribe
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To assign or refer to, attribute
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Circuitous
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Roundabout, not direct
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Commiserate
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To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
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Enjoin
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To direct or order; to prescrive a course of action in an authorative way; to prohibit
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Expedite
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To make easy; cause to progress faster
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Expiate
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To make amends, make up for; to avert
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Ferment
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A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
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Inadvertent
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Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental
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Nominal
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Existing by name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
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Noncommittal
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Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
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Peculate
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To steal something that have been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use
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Proclivity
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A natural or habitual inclination or tendancy
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