7-14 Vocabulary Flashcards
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rampant
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Going unchecked, widespread
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inane
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foolish
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ethics
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code of principles
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concur
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agree
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clandestine
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secret, undercover
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flagrant
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outrageous, glaringly bad
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admonish
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to warn, to reprove
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duress
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compulsion, force
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inexorable
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inflexible, unrelenting
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egregious
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remarkably bad
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distraught
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mentally confused, crazed
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duplicity
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cunning, trickery
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acrimonious
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bitter
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paucity
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scarcity
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elicit
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to draw forth
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pernicious
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harmful, causing injury
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tolerate
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to put up with, to bear
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construe
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to make a deduction, to infer
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impunity
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freedom from punishment
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affluent
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rich
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feasible
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possible
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discern
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perceive
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sally
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suddenly rush forth
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consternation
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dismay
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precocious
reaching maturity early
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perfunctory
done without care, superficial
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chagrin
felling disappointment, humiliation
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perverse
contrary, persisting in error
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deride
to ridicule, scoff at
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disparage
to discredit, belittle
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laudable
praiseworth
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fiasco
complete failure
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masticate
to chew up
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eschew
avoid
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quell
put to an end
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voluble
talkative
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confidant(e)
one to whom you confide your secrets
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obsolescence
process of wearing out
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dubious
doubtful
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implacable
cannot be pacified, inexorable
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paroxysm
a fit, sudden outburst
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reprehensible
worthy of blame
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jurisdiction
power, range of authority
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skirmish
small fight, brief encounter
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harass
to trouble, torment
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monolithis
massively solid
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arbitrary
based on whim, dictatorial
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indigent
poor, needy
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fray
a fight
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stymie
to hinder, impede
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effigy
a likeness (usually of a hated person)
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flout
show contempt, scoff
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cognizant
aware
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turbulent
unruly, agitated
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terminate
to end
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forthwith
immediately
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exacerbate
to irritate, make worse
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revert
return
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oust
to drive out, eject
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alacrity
briskness, lively action
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disdain
contempt
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belligerent
warlike
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intimidate
to overawe
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feint
false attack
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pugnacious
quarrelsome
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promulgate
to make known officially
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brash
impudent, tactless
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scoff
to sneer at
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belittle
to make seem less important
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tangible
having actual form
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laceration
jagged wound
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castigate
to correct by punishing
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sordid
dirty, base
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octogenarian
person in his or her eighties
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solace
easing of grief
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aspirant
candidate for a high position
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dregs
most worthless part
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frenzy
wild fit
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scurrilous
coarse, gross, obscene
