Part 5 Flashcards
Rampant
Going unchecked, widespread
-Adjective
Inane
Foolish
-Adjective
Ethics
Code of principles
-Noun
Concur
Agree
-Verb
Clandestine
Secret, undercover
-Adjective
Flagrant
Outrageous, glaringly bad
-Adjective
Admonish
To warn, to reprove
-Verb
Duress
Compulsion, force
-Noun
Culprit
The guilty person
-Noun
Inexorable
Inflexible, unrelenting
-Adjective
Egregious
Remarkably bad
-Adjective
Distraught
Mentally confused, crazed
-Adjective
Duplicity
Cunning, trickery
-Noun
Acrimonious
Bitter
-Adjective
Paucity
Scarcity
-Noun
Elicit
To draw forth
-Verb
Pernicious
Harmful, causing injury
-Adjective
Tolerate
To put up with, to bear
-Verb
Construe
To make a deduction, to infer
-Verb
Impunity
Freedom from punishment
-Noun
Stock in trade
The goods, tools, and other requisites of a profession
To take down a peg
To take the conceit out of a braggart
To pass the buck
To evade responsibility
To lionize a person
To make a big fuss over someone