New Words 5 Flashcards

(22 cards)

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Rampant

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Going unchecked, widespread

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2
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Inane

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Foolish

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3
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Ethics•organization

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Code of principles

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4
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Concur

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Agree

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5
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Clandestine

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Secreto, undercover

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Flagrant

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Outrageous, glaringly bad

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7
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Admonish

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To warn, to reprove

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8
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Duress

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Compulsion, force

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9
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Culprit

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The guilty person

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10
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Inexorable

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Inflexible, unrelenting

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Engregious

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Remarkably bad

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12
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Distraught

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Mentally confused, crazed • Really upset

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13
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Acrimonious

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Bitter

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14
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Paucity

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Scarcity

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15
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To pass the buck

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To evade responsibility

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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

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Illicit

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