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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14
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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

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reaching maturity early

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perfunctory

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done without care, superficial

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chagrin

A

felling disappointment, humiliation

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perverse

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contrary, persisting in error

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deride

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to ridicule, scoff at

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disparage

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to discredit, belittle

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31
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laudable

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praiseworth

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fiasco

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complete failure

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masticate

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to chew up

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eschew

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avoid

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quell

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put to an end

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voluble

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talkative

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confidant(e)

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one to whom you confide your secrets

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obsolescence

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process of wearing out

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dubious

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doubtful

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implacable

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cannot be pacified, inexorable

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paroxysm

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a fit, sudden outburst

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame

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jurisdiction

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power, range of authority

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skirmish

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small fight, brief encounter

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harass

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to trouble, torment

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monolithis

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massively solid

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arbitrary

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based on whim, dictatorial

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indigent

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poor, needy

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fray

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a fight

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stymie

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to hinder, impede

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effigy

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a likeness (usually of a hated person)

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flout

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show contempt, scoff

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cognizant

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aware

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turbulent

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unruly, agitated

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terminate

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to end

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forthwith

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immediately

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exacerbate

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to irritate, make worse

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revert

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return

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oust

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to drive out, eject

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alacrity

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briskness, lively action

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disdain

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contempt

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belligerent

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warlike

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intimidate

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to overawe

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feint

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false attack

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pugnacious

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quarrelsome

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promulgate

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to make known officially

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brash

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impudent, tactless

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scoff

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to sneer at

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belittle

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to make seem less important

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tangible

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having actual form

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laceration

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jagged wound

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castigate

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to correct by punishing

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sordid

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dirty, base

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octogenarian

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person in his or her eighties

75
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solace

A

easing of grief

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aspirant

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candidate for a high position

77
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dregs

A

most worthless part

78
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frenzy

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wild fit

79
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scurrilous

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coarse, gross, obscene