5th week Flashcards

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flagrant

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outrageous, glaringly bad

there was a flagrant foul during the basketball game

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admonish

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to warn, to reprove

the cops admonish the kids who use the electric bikes

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duress

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complusion, force, under stress

the qb was under duress

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culprit

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the guilty person

the culprit

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5
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egregious

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remarkably bad

the egregious error he made during the test made him fail

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distraught

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really upset

he was distraught when his dog passed away

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duplicity

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cunning trickery

the astros won with duplicity in the world series

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elicit

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to draw forth

our football team watches film to get elicit information from the other team

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elicit

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to draw forth

our football team watches film to get elicit information from the other team

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pernicious

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harmful, causing injury

turf cause alot of pernicious injuries

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tolerate

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to put up with , to bear

i cant toleratw my moms attitude everytime i come home

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construe

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to make a deduction, to infer

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