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24 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious |
Caustic, bitter |
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Admonish |
To scold, warn |
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Clandestine |
Hidden, secret |
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Concur |
Agree |
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Construe |
To interpret |
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Culprit |
One who commits a crime, the guilty person |
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Distraught |
Harassed, mentally confused, crazed |
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Duplicity |
Double-dealing |
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Duress |
Force, coercion |
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Egregious |
Outstanding for undesirable quality |
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Elicit |
Extract |
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Ethics |
Moral philosophy |
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Flagrant |
Notorious, glaring bad |
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Impunity |
Exemption |
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Inane |
Silly, foolish |
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Inexorable |
Cannot be moved by persuasion, inflexible |
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Paucity |
Shortage, scarcity |
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Pernicious |
Damaging, harmful |
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Rampant |
Flourishing, widespread, going unchecked |
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Tolerate |
To permit, to put up with |
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Stock in trade |
The necessary equipment |
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To take down a peg |
To humiliate |
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Pass the buck |
To refuse to take responsibility; to evade responsibility |
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To lionize a person |
To idolize; to make a big fuss over someone |
