New Words 5 Flashcards
(22 cards)
1
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Rampant
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Going unchecked, widespread
2
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Inane
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Foolish
3
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Ethics•organization
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Code of principles
4
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Concur
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Agree
5
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Clandestine
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Secreto, undercover
6
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Flagrant
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Outrageous, glaringly bad
7
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Admonish
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To warn, to reprove
8
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Duress
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Compulsion, force
9
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Culprit
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The guilty person
10
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Inexorable
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Inflexible, unrelenting
11
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Engregious
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Remarkably bad
12
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Distraught
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Mentally confused, crazed • Really upset
13
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Acrimonious
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Bitter
14
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Paucity
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Scarcity
15
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To pass the buck
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To evade responsibility
16
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Furlough
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Break for war
17
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Elicit
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To draw forth
18
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Illicit
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Illegal
19
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Pernicious
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Harmful, causing injury
20
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Tolerate
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To put up with, to bear
21
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Construe
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To make a deduction, to infer
22
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Impunity
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Freedom from punishment