week 5 Flashcards

(22 cards)

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Rampant

A

going unchecked, widespread

COVID was rampant in 2020

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2
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inane

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foolish

I sometimes feel inane taking tests I didn’t study for.

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3
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Ethics

A

organizational code of principles

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4
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Morals

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Personal code of principals

birth control being good is a part of some peoples morals

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5
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concur

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agree

I concur to go hang out with my friends

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6
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Clandestine

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Secret, undercover

secret agents should be clandestine

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7
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Flagrant

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outrageous, glaringly bad

cheating is flagrant

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admonish

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To warn, to reprove

my mom likes to admonish me over every little thing

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9
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duress

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Compulsion,force, preassure

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10
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culprit

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the guilty person

the culprit was found hiding in a alley

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11
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inexorable

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inflexible, unrelenting

time is inexorable

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12
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Elicit

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To draw forth

The teacher was trying to elicit about what happened in the classroom while they stepped out

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13
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Ilicit

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illegal

doing drugs underage is illicit

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14
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tolerate

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to put up with, to bear

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15
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construe / misconstrue

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to make a decision, to infer

I construe about what assignments I should do

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16
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impunity

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freedom of punishment

some people get impunity in court

17
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pernicious

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harmful/ causing injury

stabbing someone is pernicious

18
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egregious

A

remarkably bad
I am egregious at math

19
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distraught

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manually confused, crazed

20
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duplicity

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cunning, trickery

21
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acrimonious