Part 5

Question 1

Rampant

Answer 1

Going unchecked, widespread

-Adjective

Question 2

Inane

Answer 2

Foolish

-Adjective

Question 3

Ethics

Answer 3

Code of principles

-Noun

Question 4

Concur

Answer 4

Agree

-Verb

Question 5

Clandestine

Answer 5

Secret, undercover

-Adjective

Question 6

Flagrant

Answer 6

Outrageous, glaringly bad

-Adjective

Question 7

Admonish

Answer 7

To warn, to reprove

-Verb

Question 8

Duress

Answer 8

Compulsion, force

-Noun

Question 9

Culprit

Answer 9

The guilty person

-Noun

Question 10

Inexorable

Answer 10

Inflexible, unrelenting

-Adjective

Question 11

Egregious

Answer 11

Remarkably bad

-Adjective

Question 12

Distraught

Answer 12

Mentally confused, crazed

-Adjective

Question 13

Duplicity

Answer 13

Cunning, trickery

-Noun

Question 14

Acrimonious

Answer 14

Bitter

-Adjective

Question 15

Paucity

Answer 15

Scarcity

-Noun

Question 16

Elicit

Answer 16

To draw forth

-Verb

Question 17

Pernicious

Answer 17

Harmful, causing injury

-Adjective

Question 18

Tolerate

Answer 18

To put up with, to bear

-Verb

Question 19

Construe

Answer 19

To make a deduction, to infer

-Verb

Question 20

Impunity

Answer 20

Freedom from punishment

-Noun

Question 21

Stock in trade

Answer 21

The goods, tools, and other requisites of a profession

Question 22

To take down a peg

Answer 22

To take the conceit out of a braggart

Question 23

To pass the buck

Answer 23

To evade responsibility

Question 24

To lionize a person

Answer 24

To make a big fuss over someone