Week 5 Flashcards
rampant
getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way
inane
extremely silly or with no real meaning or importance
ethics
code of principles
to concur
to agree or have the same opinion
clandestine
planned or done in secret. especially describing sth that is not officially allowed
flagrant
(of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious
to admonish
to warn, reprove
duress
compulsion, force
culprit
guilty person
inexorable
continuing without any possibility of being stopped
egregious
remarkably bad
distraught
extremely worried, nervous, or upset
duplicity
dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people
acrimonious
full of anger, arguments, and bad feeling
paucity
the fact that there is too little of something
to elicit
to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction
pernicious
having a very harmful effect or influence
to tolerate
to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them
to construe
to understand the meaning, especially of other people’s actions and statements, in a particular way
impunity
freedom from punishment or from the unpleasant results of something that has been done
stock-in-trade
typical characteristics or behaviors of someone or something
to take down a peg
to show someone that they are not as important as they thought
to pass the buck
to blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with
to lionize a person
to make someone famous or to treat someone as if they were famous
