Week 5 Flashcards

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Rampant

A

Going unchecked, widespread

There is rampant crime in bad areas

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Inane

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Foolish

The inane students annoy me

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3
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Ethics

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Code of principles

I have no ethics for myself

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4
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Concur

A

Agree

When I asked my mom to buy more clothes she did not concur

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5
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Clandestine

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Secret, undercover

When getting a snack at night I try to be clandestine to not wake anyone up

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6
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Morals

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Your personal restrictions

Degenerates have no morals

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7
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Flagrant

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Outrageous, glaringly bad

The flagrant game filled us all with disappointment

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Admonish

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To warn, to reprove

My mom will admonish me for coming home late

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9
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Duress

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Compulsion, force

The man crumbled under duress

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10
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Culprit

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The guilty person

The felon tried to convince he was innocent but I knew he was the culprit

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Inexorable

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Inflexible, unrelenting

The inexorable avalanche destroyed many trees

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12
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Egregious

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Remarkably bad

The man made egregious mistakes and lost his fans

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Distraught

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Mentally confused, crazed, really upset

The man was distraught after losing the game

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Duplicity

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Cunning, trickery

The duplicity of the thief duped all the dupes

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15
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Acrimonious

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Bitter

The acrimonious comments made me frustrated

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16
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Paucity

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Scarcity

There is a paucity of good horror nowadays

17
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Elicit

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To draw forth

I failed to elicit an answer from the stupid kid

18
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Pernicious

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Harmful, causing injury

The pernicious man intimidated the scared people

19
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Tolerate

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To put up with, to bear

I have had to tolerate my little brother for all my life

20
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Construe

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To make a deduction, to infer

I construed that my friend was bad at the game

21
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Impunity

A

Freedom from punishment, acts as if they are

I walked by the police officer with impunity

22
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Misconstrue

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Misinterpret

I misconstrued the man yelling at the kid for yelling at me

23
Q

Illicit

A

Illegal

The man with illicit drugs in his bag walked by the police officers with impunity