Week #5 Flashcards

1
Q

Define

Rampant

(ramˊpənt)

A

Going unchecked, widespread

When the plague was rampant on the island, Dr.
Arrowsmith’s wife died.

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2
Q

Define

Inane

(in ānˊ)

A

Foolish

Orville Wright was criticized for his inane desire to fly.

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3
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Define

Ethics

(ethˊiks)

A

Code of principles

A special management committee was asked to investigate business ethics.

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4
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Define

Concur

(kən kėrˊ)

A

Agree

If I can get my parents to concur, I’ll join the Peace Corps.

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5
Q

Define

Clandestine

(klan desˊtən)

A

Secret, undercover

The spies thought their meeting was a clandestine one
but a throng of F.B.I. agents gathered outside the
building.

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6
Q

Define

Stock In Trade

A

The goods, tools and other requisites of a
profession

A quit wit and a warm smile was the saleman’s stock in
trade.

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7
Q

Define

Flagrant

(flāˊgrənt)

A

Outrageous, glaringly bad

Parking in front of a hydrant is a flagrant violation of the city’s law.

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8
Q

Define

Admonish

(ad monˊish)

A

To warn, to reprove

I suspect that my father will admonish me for coming home late.

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9
Q

Define

Duress

(dü resˊ or dūā resˊ)

A

Compulsion, force

The confession was signed under duress, the attorney claimed.

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10
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Define

Culprit

(kulˊprit)

A

The guilty person

The culprit was caught with his fingers in the cookie jar.

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11
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Define

Inexorable

(in ekˊ sə rə bəl)

A

Inflexible, unrelenting

I suspect that my father will admonish me for coming
home late.

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12
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Define

To Take Down A Peg

A

To take the conceit out of a braggart

The alumni thought they had a great basketball team, but our varsity took them down a peg.

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13
Q

Define

Egregious

(i grəˊjəs)

A

Remarkably bad

The bank teller’s egregious error was difficult to correct.

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14
Q

Define

Distraught

(dis trôtˊ)

A

Mentally confused, crazed

The soldiers were distraught to learn that their
furloughs had been canceled.

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15
Q

Define

Duplicity

(dü plisˊə ti)

A

Cunning, trickery

Duplicity is the stock in trade of all adroit counterspies.

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16
Q

Define

Acrimonious

(akˊrə mōˊni əs)

A

Bitter

We tried to ignore her acrimonious comments, but that took considerble restraint.

17
Q

Define

Paucity

(pôˊsə ti)

A

Scarcity

Although it was a creative writing class, the teacher
complained about the paucity of talent there.

18
Q

Define

To Pass The Buck

A

To evade responsibility

He always gives me a straight answer and never tries to pass the buck.

19
Q

Define

Elicit

(i lisˊit)

A

To draw forth

He hoped that we would not elicit his decision to run for office as a thirst for power.

20
Q

Define

Pernicious

(pər nishˊəs)

A

Harmful, causing injury

The dictator’s pernicious rules failed to intimidate the leaders of the underground.

21
Q

Define

Tolerate

(tolˊ ər āt)

A

To put with, to bear

Dentists appreciate patients who can tolerate pain.

22
Q

Define

Construe

(kən strüˊ)

A

To make a deduction, to infer

It isn’t easy to construe answers from a sleepy class on
Monday morning.

23
Q

Define

Impunity

(im pūˊnə ti)

A

Freedom from punishment

The border guards allowed the doctor to cross the
frontier with impunity.

24
Q

Define

To Lionize A Person

A

To make a big fuss over someone

When the famous poet Dylan Thomas visited the United States, he was lionized wherever he lectured.