Term
RESULTING FROM CHANCE RATHER THAN FROM INHERENT CAUSE
ADVENTITIOUS
ACCULTURATION
MODIFICATION OF SOCIAL PATTERNS OR TRAITS
ABOMINATE
LOATHE, ABHOR, DESPISE
A CIRCUITOUS escape route
Direct
Much to the surprise of the medical team, the frail old man's grip on life was anything but ______. (thin, slender)
Much to the surprise of the medical team, the frail old man's grip on life was anything but TENUOUS.
To sympathize with, have pity for
Commiserate
NOMINAL
EXPEDITE
ACCELERATE, FACILITATE, SPEED UP
Abominate such practices
Cherish, Relish, esteem
"Let me see if I can _____ matter by cutting through the red tape." (make easier/faster)
"Let me see if I can expedite matter by cutting through the red tape."
Thin, slender, not dense, not real
Tenuous
EXPEDITE
to make easy, cause to progress faster
DEFRAUD, MISAPPROPRIATE
Commiserated with us
feel no sympathy for
Apple juice that may not be sweet enough to drink can be held in vats to allow it to _______ into vinegar.
Apple juice that may not be sweet enough to drink can be held in vats to allow it to ferment into vinegar.
BITTER, SARCASTIC
SEDITIOUS
EXPIATE
REDEEM, MAKE AMENDS FOR
Ferment the masses
peace and quiet, tranquility
German-American artist George Grosz was best known for his ____ drawings and caricatures that satirized and attacked the corruption of the German bourgeois society. (bitter, sarcastic)
German-American artist George Grosz was best known for his vitriolic drawings and caricatures that satirized and attacked the corruption of the German bourgeois society.
FERMENT
A STATE OF EXCITEMENT OR AGITATION
COMPOSURE OR COOLNESS, ESPECIALLY IN TRYING TIMES
SANGFROID
INADVERTENT
ACCIDENTAL
Seditious opinion
Despite the damaging testimony given by seven eyewitnesses, the accused maintained a veneer of pure _________. (composure, coolness under pressure)
Despite the damaging testimony given by seven eyewitnesses, the accused maintained a veneer of pure sangfroid.