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18 Cards in this Set
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Duplicity |
Dishonest talk or behaviour They were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides. |
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Inexorable |
Continuing without any possibility of being stopped. Aging is an inexorable process. |
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Inane |
Extremely silly and with no real meaning or importance. He’s always making inane remarks. |
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Rampant |
(Of something bad) getting worse in an uncontrolled way. Diseases are rampant in the overcrowded city. |
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Admonish |
To advise someone to do something. Her teacher admonished her to work harder for her exams. |
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Distraught |
Extremely worried, nervous or upset. The missing child’s distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on TV. |
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Impunity |
Freedom from punishment for something that has been done in a way that is bad or illegal. She thought her money and power gave her the right to ignore laws with impunity. |
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Ethics |
The study of what is morally right and wrong. They’re completely lacking in ethics. |
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Clandestine |
Planned or done in secret. The group held weekly clandestine meetings in an old, worn-down church. |
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Culprit |
Someone who has done something wrong. Police hope the public will help them find the culprit. |
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Tolerate |
To accept behave our beliefs. I will not tolerate that type of behaviour in my class. |
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Ellicit |
To get or produce something. Have you managed to elicit a response from them yet? |
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Pernicious |
Having a harmful effect or influence. The book focuses on the pernicious effects of slavery. |
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Egregious |
Extremely bad in a way that is noticeable. It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such arrogance. |
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Flagrant |
Shocking because something is so bad and so obvious. The bruises on the boy’s leg revealed the flagrant abuse he had suffered at home. |
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Duress |
Threats to force someone to do something. He claimed that he signed the confession under duress. |
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Paucity |
The fact that there is too little of something. There is a paucity of information on the ingredients of many cosmetics. |
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Acrimonious |
Full of anger, arguments, and bad feeling Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce. |
