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Week 5 Flashcards

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Rampant

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Going unchecked, widespread
Covid was a rampant disease during 2020

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Inane

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Foolish
It was inane of me to mess around in class

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Ethics

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Code of principles
I follow the ethics in the classroom

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Concur

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To agree
I would be able to go out with my friends if my mom concurred to let me

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Clandestine

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Secret, undercover
I told my friend to keep our secret Clandestine

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Flagrant

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Outrageous, glaringly bad
My teammate had a flagrant foul on the opposing team

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Admonish

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To warn, to reprove
My mom admonished me to be home in time or I would be in trouble

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Duress

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Compulsion, force but not physical force
My mom made me finish my chores or else she wouldn’t let me go out with my friends

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Culprit

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The guilty person
I admitted I was the culprit when my friend was getting in trouble for my actions

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inexorable

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Inflexible, unrelentingly, never stops, never gives up
The football team is inexorable during their run plays

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Egregious

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Remarkably bad, My friend made a egregious mistake to cheat on the test

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Distraught

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Mentally confused, crazed. My teammates and I were distraught when we found out we didn’t make the playoffs

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Duplicity

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Cunning, Trickery. My friend owen is a dupe so I tricked him with duplicity

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Acrimonious

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Bitter. I ignored the opposing team acrimonious comments

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Paucity

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Scarcity, not enough
There is paucity of fresh water in catalina

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to pass the buck

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to pass responsibility to someone else

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Elicit

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To draw forth

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Illicit

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Illegal

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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
I tolerated the pain when the doctors gave me my shots

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Construe

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To make a deduction, to infer

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Impunity

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Act like your free from punishment

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