Week 5 Flashcards
1
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Rampant
A
Going unchecked, widespread
2
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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, never stops
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 pass responsibility to someone else’s
17
Q
Elicit
A
To draw forth
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
Freedom from punishment acting like it
22
Q
Illicit
A
Illegal
