Unit Three

Question 0

Adventitious

Answer 0

(Adj) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character, accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired congenital.

Question 1

Abominate

Answer 1

(V) to have an intense dislike or hatred for.

Question 2

Enjoin

Answer 2

(V) to direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit.

Question 3

Expedite

Answer 3

(V) to make easy, cause to progress faster.

Question 4

Expiate

Answer 4

(V) to make amends, make up for, to avert.

Question 5

Peculate

Answer 5

(V) to steal something that has been given into one’s trust.

Question 6

Seditious

Answer 6

(Adj) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing a government.

Question 7

Tenuous

Answer 7

(Adj) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance, lacking sound basis, poorly supported.

Question 8

Vitriolic

Answer 8

(Adj) bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid).