7-14 Vocabulary Flashcards
rampant
Going unchecked, widespread
inane
foolish
ethics
code of principles
concur
agree
clandestine
secret, undercover
flagrant
outrageous, glaringly bad
admonish
to warn, to reprove
duress
compulsion, force
inexorable
inflexible, unrelenting
egregious
remarkably bad
distraught
mentally confused, crazed
duplicity
cunning, trickery
acrimonious
bitter
paucity
scarcity
elicit
to draw forth
pernicious
harmful, causing injury
tolerate
to put up with, to bear
construe
to make a deduction, to infer
impunity
freedom from punishment
affluent
rich
feasible
possible
discern
perceive
sally
suddenly rush forth
consternation
dismay
precocious
reaching maturity early
perfunctory
done without care, superficial
chagrin
felling disappointment, humiliation
perverse
contrary, persisting in error
deride
to ridicule, scoff at
disparage
to discredit, belittle
laudable
praiseworth