week 5 Flashcards
1
Q
rampant
(covid)
A
going unchecked, widespread
2
Q
inane
A
foolish
3
Q
ethics
A
code of principles
4
Q
concur
A
agree
5
Q
clandestine
A
secret, undercover
6
Q
flagrant
A
outrageous, glaringly bad
7
Q
admonish
A
to warn, to reprove
8
Q
duress
A
compulsion, force
9
Q
culprit
A
the guilty person
10
Q
inexorable
A
inflexible, unrelenting; doesn’t give up
11
Q
egregious
A
remarkably bad
12
Q
distraught
A
mentally confused, crazed; really upset
13
Q
duplicity
A
cunning, trickery
14
Q
acrimonious
A
bitter
15
Q
paucity
A
scarcity
16
Q
to pass the buck
A
to evade responsibility
17
Q
elicit
A
to draw forth (info)
18
Q
pernicious
A
harmful, causing injury
19
Q
tolerate
A
to put up with, to bear
20
Q
construe
A
to make a deduction, to infer
21
Q
impunity
A
act like you have freedom from punishment
22
Q
illicit
A
illegal
